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A working group of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response is accepting comments through Nov. 30 on draft updated guidance for implementing the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity framework…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response encourages hospitals and other stakeholders to sign up to participate in its Information Exchange, which allows authorized users to participate in conversations about health threats…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a notice clarifying actions taken since Oct. 1 to address isolated problems processing ICD-10 codes for certain national or local coverage decisions/policies. With respect to the national coverage decisions, interim solutions were…
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday extended the prescriber and pharmacy certification deadlines for the new Clozapine Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Program, citing ongoing implementation challenges. “We will communicate the revised certification deadlines and additional…
About 5.5 million Americans will receive premium rebates averaging $129 per family from health insurers who did not meet medical loss ratio requirements in 2014, according to a new report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Maryjane Wurth will join the AHA on Jan. 28 as chief strategy and relationship officer and president and CEO of Health Forum, leading the organization’s business development, strategic planning, member relations and personal membership groups. Wurth currently serves as president and CEO of…
The New Jersey Hospital Association and the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals have approved an agreement to transition the core functions of NJCTH into NJHA over the next year. “NJHA and NJCTH have joint members among New Jersey’s teaching hospitals,” said Leslie…
At an AHA-sponsored briefing today on Capitol Hill, hospital leaders shared with congressional staff the many benefits that the 340B Drug Pricing Program brings to vulnerable patients and urged Congress to preserve the program.
In commemoration of National Rural Health Day, the AHA today expressed appreciation to members of the Senate Rural Health Caucus and House Rural Health Care Coalition for their ongoing commitment to America’s rural hospitals and the communities and patients they serve.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks comments to inform its development of patient experience of care surveys for the inpatient rehabilitation facility and long-term care hospital quality reporting programs.