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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today recommended that Congress update payments for hospital inpatient and outpatient services in 2017 as outlined under current law, which would provide an estimated 1.65% increase. In addition, MedPAC voted to reduce Part B drug payment rates for hospitals…
The AHA yesterday urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to finalize guidance on opioid prescribing for chronic pain as soon as possible. “Precisely because the dangers of under-treating pain and of over-prescribing opioids are so great, hospitals and their medical staffs are…
Hospitals and others can apply through March 14 for grants of up to $500,000 each for equipment and technical assistance to provide telemedicine services in rural areas, the Department of Agriculture announced this week. The fiscal year 2016 grants are through the Rural Utilities Service…
President Obama will propose in his fiscal year 2017 budget that Congress give any state that expands Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act the same three years of full federal support and gradual phase down that states expanding in 2014 received, no matter when the state takes up the…
AHA and other national and state hospital and nurse professional associations yesterday urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to overturn a 2015 decision by the National Labor Relations Board that directly threatens the confidentiality of the hospital peer review…
The Secretary of Health and Human Services should develop a comprehensive and coordinated planning approach to guide the department’s health care workforce development programs, according to a report released this week by the Government Accountability Office.
The Illinois Hospital Association and Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council have completed their integration and yesterday announced a new name: the Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA). For more information, visit www.team-iha.org.
Post-acute care providers play an essential role in new care delivery models, but relief from burdensome regulations is needed so they can continue innovations that bring value to patients, a panel of post-acute leaders told congressional staff today at an AHA-sponsored briefing on Capitol Hill.
The AHA yesterday urged the Measure Applications Partnership to use the National Academy of Medicine’s “Vital Signs” recommendations as a foundation for identifying quality improvement priorities.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards yesterday issued an executive order to expand Medicaid to uninsured low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act beginning July 1. The expansion is expected to cover more than 350,000 residents earning up to 138% of the federal poverty level, or $16,242 a…