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The AHA and Catholic Health Association of the United States today urged the Internal Revenue Service to formally acknowledge that support for improved housing to enhance the health of a hospital’s community is a community benefit and should be recognized on page 1 of Form 990 Schedule H.…
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday finalized a consent agreement with Phoebe Putney Health System, the Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County and HCA to settle administrative litigation challenging the health system’s acquisition of a nearby hospital. The agreement does not…
The Health Information Trust Alliance and Booz Allen Hamilton will host a free educational event on cybersecurity preparedness April 30 in Washington, D.C. The Cyber Town Hall will include speakers from the Department of Health and Human Services, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration last week issued revised federal guidelines for opioid treatment programs. According to the agency, the guidelines contain updated information on ways to assess and counsel patients; treatment of pregnant patients; patient…
The National Institutes of Health this week named a working group that will seek public input on the design of a research network to advance President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative.
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey, available today through April 17. The free web-based survey helps AHA gauge the impact of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program on hospitals and advocate for needed changes. For more information on the RACTrac…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., last week vowed quick action on bipartisan legislation to replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula when the Senate reconvenes on April 13. The AHA and hospital leaders also are calling for speedy action.
“We’ll turn to it…
The Class of 2017 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year. While the pace of change may vary across the country, Brian Gragnolati, senior vice president of the Johns Hopkins Health System in Baltimore, sees opportunity in the challenges facing the field.
By Jonathan Perlin, M.D. April is National Donate Life Month, when we encourage everyone to consider registering as organ, eye and tissue donors.Patients today benefit from recent advances in transplant medicine and have options to care that did not exist a decade ago. But without donors,…
The AHA yesterday urged the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to consider certain changes to its draft recommendations for the Recovery Audit Contractor program.