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Hospitals and health systems throughout the country are helping their hospital colleagues in the Baton Rouge, LA, area whose homes were devastated by last month’s unprecedented flood by donating to the Louisiana Hospital Employee Assistance Fund. More than 5,000 hospital employees in the…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology today released the Baldridge Cybersecurity Excellence Builder, a draft tool to help organizations assess how effectively they use the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to manage cybersecurity risk.
The number of Americans with uncorrectable vision impairment could double by 2050 unless efforts are made to slow the progression and severity of many common age-related eye diseases and conditions, according to a report released today by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and…
At least one in four Medicare Part D enrollees aged 65 or older are not taking their blood pressure medicine or skipping doses, increasing their risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and death, according to a Vital Signs report released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and…
Hospitals participating in a New Jersey Hospital Association Sepsis Learning and Action Collaborative reduced severe sepsis mortality by 11% over 12 months, saving an estimated 400 lives, according to a report released this week by the New Jersey Hospital Association. Member hospitals…
The AHA today asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to withdraw a proposed rule addressing how third-party payments are treated when calculating the hospital-specific limitation on Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments. “CMS has characterized that this rule is…
Medicare 30-day readmission rates declined in 49 states between 2010 and 2015, resulting in an estimated 565,000 fewer hospital readmissions, according to data released yesterday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Rates fell by more than 5% in 43 states and by more than 10%…
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Health and Oversight and Investigations today held a joint hearing on Affordable Care Act implementation and oversight, including the stability of the health insurance marketplaces. Witnesses included representatives from the Department of Health…
The average annual premium for employer-sponsored family health coverage rose 3% this year to $18,142, including employer and worker contributions, according to the latest annual survey of employer-sponsored health insurance by the Kaiser Family Foundation and AHA’s Health Research…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and National Library of Medicine have added new content to their website on Radiation Emergency Medical Management, including prototype hospital orders for radiation injury…