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The House of Representatives this week voted 422-2 to approve the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (H.R. 2646).
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.30% in June to a seasonally adjusted 5,088,300 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That's 15,000 more people than in May and 192,700 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of fluctuations…
Jay Bhatt, D.O., will join the AHA in September as chief medical officer and president and CEO of the Health Research & Educational Trust, overseeing the association’s clinical leadership and health activities. Bhatt will lead the AHA’s quality activities in several areas, including…
Indiana Hospital Association President Doug Leonard will retire next June, the association announced yesterday. President since 2007, Leonard has guided IHA through the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0, among other major transformations in health care…
The Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems yesterday named as its new President and CEO Jeffrey Tieman, currently chief of staff for the Catholic Health Association of the United States. Former VAHHS President and CEO Bea Grause was named president of the Healthcare Association of…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its proposed rule for the physician fee schedule for calendar year 2017. After application of the 0.5% payment increase required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 and other budget neutrality cuts, CMS…
The House Ways and Means Committee today approved AHA-supported legislation (H.R. 5613) to extend through calendar year 2016 the enforcement delay on direct supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services provided in critical access hospitals and rural prospective payment system…
The AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges, America’s Essential Hospitals, and Federation of American Hospitals today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to share additional information with hospitals and the public about how accurately its overall hospital quality star…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today suspended changes to its billing process for Partial Hospitalization Program services that were scheduled to begin July 1. The changes to the agency’s Integrated Outpatient Code Editor would have enforced the program’s minimum…
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday dropped its administrative challenge to a proposed merger between Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, WV, citing state approval of a cooperative agreement between the hospitals and a new state law on hospital…