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Hospitals are making some progress to achieve health equity, but more work needs to be done, according to a biennial benchmarking survey released today by the AHA’s Institute for Diversity in Health Management. The survey found significant increases from 2013 in the percentage of…
The Senate Judiciary Committee today held a hearing on the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act, AHA-supported legislation that targets anticompetitive behaviors used to block and delay entry of generic drugs.
Testing for Zika virus infection using real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction molecular assays is now commercially available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today. When requesting the testing from a commercial laboratory, health care providers…
The Department of Health and Human Services will award $20 million to help eligible clinicians in small practices transition to the Quality Payment Program, especially those in rural, medically underserved and health professional shortage areas.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a July 6 call on its final rule revising the Medicare payment system for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests. CMS experts will provide a high-level overview of the final policies, released Friday. To register for the call, at 2:30 p.m…
July 1 is the deadline for employers and labor consultants to comply with the Department of Labor’s new “persuader” reporting rule. The final rule significantly expands the circumstances obligating employers and labor consultants to report activities specifically undertaken…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced plans to step up enrollment outreach to young adults for the 2017 Health Insurance Marketplaces, including working with partners to promote enrollment tools and information. As part of the initiative, AHA plans to develop a…
Cleveland Clinic will receive the AHA Equity of Care Award July 18 at the Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit in San Diego. The award recognizes hospitals for their efforts to reduce health care disparities and advance diversity within the organization’s leadership, board and workforce. The…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today proposed changes to the Payment Error Rate Measurement and Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control programs to reflect how states adjudicate eligibility for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program under the Affordable Care Act. The…
The transitional reinsurance program coinsurance rate will be an estimated 55.1% for the 2015 benefit year, but could be raised if reinsurance contributions exceed requests for payments, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Friday. This rate is higher than the 50%…