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About 5.3 million uninsured adults with mental illness or substance use disorders are eligible for Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act, but about half of them live in states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Act, according to a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality today released a toolkit to help hospitals prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections, which is based on an AHRQ program administered by the AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust, among others. More than 1,200 hospitals…
The Food and Drug Administration today announced the first approved nasal-spray version of naloxone hydrochloride, a medication that can stop or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. The agency granted fast-track designation and priority review for the nasal spray; previously the drug was…
At an AHA-sponsored briefing Nov. 19 on Capitol Hill, hospital leaders urged Congress to protect the 340B Drug Pricing Program, and shared with congressional staff the benefits that the program brings to vulnerable patients.
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs today held a hearing on a Department of Veterans Affairs’ proposal to consolidate its purchased care programs and business processes into a new Veterans Choice Program, with the goal of making it easier for veterans to access care and non-VA…
Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH) has been tapped to chair the Health Subcommittee of the House Committee on Ways and Means. The subcommittee post became vacant when Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) was selected to chair the full committee.
The Joint Commission yesterday recognized 1,043 hospitals as a “Top Performer on Key Quality Measures” in 2014. The program examines the performance of hospitals accredited by the commission on 49 evidence-based practices for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgery,…
The four-hospital Charleston (WV) Area Medical Center Health System is one of four organizations to win the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the U.S. Commerce Department announced yesterday. The award is the nation’s highest presidential honor for quality and performance…
About 1.08 million people have selected a health plan through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace since the start of open enrollment Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today. Two-thirds of the plan selections were by 2015 enrollees who were…
The National Center for Healthcare Leadership last night presented its 2015 Gail L. Warden Leadership Excellence Award to Rich Umbdenstock, AHA past president and CEO, for his commitment to patients and communities.