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Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas, today named James Hinton as its next president and CEO, effective Jan. 16. Hinton, who served as AHA chairman in 2014, has been president and CEO of Presbyterian Healthcare Services, a not-for-profit…
At meetings this week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed a wide range of quality-related topics, including measures for long-stay nursing facility residents, behavioral health care and the Medicare program, and reforming quality measurement implications for premium support.…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday awarded more than $14 million to 34 groups to develop new approaches to combatting antibiotic resistance. Some of the grants, part of CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative, will be directed at research on how microorganisms…
The Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Health & Constituent Affairs has released two new educational videos on MedWatch, the agency’s safety information and adverse event reporting program. The videos explain the purpose of MedWatch, and describe MedWatch resources. …
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.1% in September to a seasonally adjusted 5,110,200 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That's 6,900 more people than in August and 155,100 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of…
A majority of hospitals have adopted aggressive training programs designed to de-escalate security situations before they intensify, according to the 2016 Hospital Security Survey. The survey was conducted in June by the AHA’s Health Facilities Management magazine and the American Society for…
ECRI Institute will convene a free leadership conference Nov. 16-17 in Washington, DC, on issues surrounding the use and misuse of legal substances and the role health systems play within acute care and community-based care settings. Sessions will examine how providers are delivering care…
The Department of Homeland Security’s Healthcare and Public Health Sector has issued a bulletin warning of potential impacts for health care providers in the southeastern U.S. that may be impacted by Hurricane Matthew, which is expected to potentially strike Florida’s Atlantic coast…
This week Congress overwhelmingly urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide flexibility for hospital outpatient departments as it implements the site-neutral provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 in its upcoming final rule for the hospital outpatient prospective…
Hospitals continue to appeal Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, according to the latest report from the AHA's quarterly RACTrac survey. Hospitals report appealing 45% of all RAC claim denials, and 60% of claims reviewed in the second quarter of 2016 were found to not have an overpayment.…