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More than 190 nursing schools have pledged to educate their advanced practice registered nursing students on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain, the White House announced Friday. In addition, 54 colleges and schools…
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to suspend the pain-related questions in the Value-Based Purchasing Program while the agency works to address concerns the questions may inadvertently contribute to the opioid epidemic. The three questions are part of the Hospital…
About 11% of patients tested for arboviruses in Puerto Rico since last November were infected with Zika virus, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health providers submit specimens to the Puerto Rico Department of Health from patients with…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday announced the next set of contract suppliers for certain Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies effective July 1.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will hold two webinars and a national provider call on its recently released proposed rule implementing key provisions of the new physician payment system required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. The first
The AHA will host a May 19 webinar on a Department of Health and Human Services Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals pilot project that providers may use to resolve Medicare appeals pending before an administrative law judge.
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell has named Andrew Bindman, M.D., director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality effective May 2. A primary care physician who has practiced, taught and conducted research at San Francisco General Hospital, Bindman recently served as a…
House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats, along with the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, today marked the end of National Minority Health Month by holding a forum on “Achieving Health Equity.” The…
As National Hospital Week approaches, the AHA invites member hospitals to submit mobile videos or photos highlighting the important role hospitals play in their communities.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved two additional AHA-supported bills as part of its legislative package to address the opioid epidemic. The bills would establish federal grants to implement co-prescribing of overdose reversal drugs in areas experiencing significant opioid…