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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Office for Civil Rights Friday issued guidance to clarify what qualifies as Patient Safety Work Product under its final rule implementing the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, and how health care providers can satisfy…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality today released a toolkit prepared by the AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate to help hospital leaders and clinicians communicate accurately and openly with patients and families when something goes wrong with their care.…
About two-thirds of people who buy their own health insurance are satisfied with their coverage, according to a survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation after open enrollment closed in January. Nearly two-thirds of respondents enrolled through a Health Insurance Marketplace and 20%…
Participating May 20 at an Alliance for Health Reform briefing on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, Ashley Thompson, AHA senior vice president for public policy analysis and development, shared AHA’s views on the law and recent proposed rule implementing key provisions of its…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring 279 pregnant women in U.S. states and territories with laboratory evidence of possible Zika virus infection, according to a report released today on data from the U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry and Puerto Rico Zika Active Pregnancy…
Participating today at an Alliance for Health Reform briefing on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, Ashley Thompson, AHA senior vice president for public policy analysis and development, shared AHA’s views on the law and recent proposed rule implementing key…
The Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria seeks additional information from the public and stakeholders as it develops recommendations for the Health and Human Services Secretary on programs and policies to prevent and combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria and…
U.S. health expenditures for mental disorders exceeded spending for every other medical condition in 2013 at $201 billion, according to a study published online this week by Health Affairs. Spending for heart conditions and trauma were the next highest, at $147 billion and $143 billion,…
The National Center for Healthcare Leadership is accepting nominations through June 13 for the 2016 Gail L. Warden Leadership Excellence Award. The annual award honors a health care leader whose commitment, values and contributions have improved the health of the public through leadership and…
A bipartisan group of 51 senators today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide flexibility in implementation of the Medicare payment reductions for new off-campus hospital outpatient departments under the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act to protect patients’ access…