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The National Fire Protection Association is accepting comments through May 16 on proposed revisions to its Life Safety Code and Health Care Facilities Code for 2018. The LSC includes general requirements for all new and existing buildings, while the HCFC contains more detailed provisions for health…
A recent proposal that calls for reducing the benefits of the 340B Drug Pricing Program to curb rapidly rising prescription drug costs is “misguided,” writes AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels in an AHASTAT blog post today.
The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum has released proceedings from its annual educational session, which focused on physician organization governance. Presented after last year’s Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit in San Francisco, the session highlighted findings from a study by the…
By Pete Davis The South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) – like many state, regional and metropolitan hospital associations across the U.S. – is engaged in a number of efforts to encourage support for AHA’s #123forEquity Pledge to Eliminate Health Care Disparities. Those…
Physician practices each week spend more than 15 hours per physician to track and report quality measures for Medicare, Medicaid and private health insurers at an estimated cost of at least $15.4 billion a year, according to a survey reported today in Health Affairs. The most time – 12.5…
Hospitals eligible for incentive payments for meaningful use of electronic health records are more likely than ineligible hospitals to have at least a basic EHR system, meet Stage 1 criteria for meaningful use and exchange health information electronically, according to a study reported today…
A National Academy of Medicine committee today proposed a framework and conceptual model for educating health professionals in the U.S. and abroad to address the social determinants of health.
The AHA seeks clinicians to serve on its Committee on Clinical Leadership beginning in 2017. Interested clinicians are invited to view the Call for Nominations and submit an application through March 11. For more information, visit www.ahaphysicianforum.org/nominations or contact Elisa…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s proposed update for Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug programs in calendar year 2017 includes, on balance, “fair and sustainable rates to help ensure patient access to vital health care services,” AHA said in comments…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Innovation Center is accepting the second and final round of applications for its Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model, which will begin its second performance year on Jan. 1, 2017. Participants in the model take on greater…