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Medicare Advantage plans paid about 8% less for hospital services than fee-for-service Medicare in 2009 and 2012, according to a study published yesterday by Health Affairs. About one-third of the difference was due to the narrower hospital networks in Medicare Advantage, the authors said.…
In addition to marked increases in health coverage, low-income adults in Kentucky and Arkansas reported improved access to care and better health two years after health insurance coverage was expanded under the Affordable Care Act, compared with similar adults in the non-expansion state of Texas,…
The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) has appointed Rich Umbdenstock, AHA past president and CEO, to its Board of Directors. Also joining the board is Jeffrey Burnich, M.D., senior vice president of medical and market networks for Sacramento, CA-based Sutter Health. “The…
At its annual conference next month in Chicago, the AHA's Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development will present its 2016 Leadership Excellence Award to Terri McNorton, vice president of corporate communications for Bon Secours Health System in Marriottsville, MD. The award, the…
The AHA today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit to reject the government’s “formulaic and narrow” test for evaluating hospital mergers in Federal Trade Commission et al. v. Advocate Health Care Network et al. “The Government’s proposal would sharply…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host an Aug. 9 Zika virus conference call for clinicians with the Surgeon General and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. To access the call, at 3 p.m. ET, dial 888-769-8753; passcode 9886820. On Aug. 11, the Department of Health…
The Hospital Preparedness Program will host two 60-minute calls Aug. 9 to gather stakeholder feedback on the “Draft 2017 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities.” For details on accessing the calls, at 11 a.m. ET and 1 p.m. ET, see the document, which outlines high-level…
The Food and Drug Administration seeks comments regarding the classification of certain wound care products containing antimicrobials and other drugs, the agency announced today. As a part of the classification process, FDA is seeking input on the indications for use, risks to health, and…
Newkirk Products Inc. Friday announced a cyber security incident involving unauthorized access to a server containing certain personal information for 3.3 million members of about a dozen health insurance plans for which it issues health care ID cards.
The Wall Street Journal today published an AHA letter to the editor responding to a July 31 op-ed piece by a former health policy advisor to the White House, who seemed to argue against hospital participation in efforts to integrate care across the continuum under the Affordable Care Act.