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Hospital Corporation of America is among six employers to receive Hiring Our Heroes Awards for leadership in hiring and retaining veterans and military spouses, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced today. “These six award winners are committed to recruiting, retaining and…
Join AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 4 p.m. ET for a discussion on how hospitals can help consumers explore and understand their coverage options during the 2016 open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplaces. The webcast will highlight specific resources…
The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today announced a three-year initiative to improve the implementation of infection prevention and control efforts in U.S. hospitals.
Delaying delivery of otherwise healthy infants until at least the 39th week of pregnancy does not appear to increase stillbirths, according to a new study by the National Institutes of Health and others. Based on national data reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the…
The Institute for Diversity in Health Management and Health Research & Educational Trust encourage all hospitals to complete a survey about their efforts to address health care disparities and improve diversity management practices. Hospital CEOs who have not taken the survey received a…
The Association of American Medical Colleges yesterday presented a Special Recognition Award to Richard Umbdenstock, AHA past president and CEO, for his exceptional leadership of the AHA and close collaboration with AAMC on issues of concern to academic medicine. The award was presented at the AAMC…
Effective Jan. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will reduce the number of claims that Recovery Audit Contractors may audit for health care providers other than physicians and suppliers, the agency announced Friday.
Continued and growing delays in review of Medicare claims appeals at the Administrative Law Judge level call for the court to promptly order the Secretary of Health and Human Services to abide by the mandatory deadlines in the Medicare statute, the AHA and three hospital members told a three-judge…
The World Health Organization on Saturday declared Sierra Leone free of Ebola virus transmission. The announcement marked 42 days (two 21-day incubation periods) since the release of the last known Ebola patient from a Sierra Leone treatment unit. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Join AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 4 p.m. ET for a discussion on how hospitals can help consumers explore and understand their coverage options during the 2016 open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplaces. The webcast will highlight specific resources…