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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and National Library of Medicine have redesigned their website on Radiation Emergency Medical Management. The new site adds behavioral health resources and material for first…
The AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative will offer a free webinar Wednesday at 12 p.m. ET on “Innovations for Eliminating Health Care Disparities.” The webinar will feature representatives from the 2015 AHA Equity of Care Award winners, Henry Ford Health…
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today discussed policy options to preserve access to emergency care in rural areas in the wake of recent rural hospital closures. Staff presented two potential models that would allow rural prospective payment system and critical access hospitals to convert…
The Government Accountability Office today appointed 11 members to a new committee that will provide recommendations on physician payment models to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Health care spending continued to moderate in August at 5.6% growth year-over-year, according to the latest Economic Indicators from Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending. Prescription drug prices rose 4.7%, continuing to far outpace any other health care category. Prices…
The AHA and Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology will host a Twitter chat Oct. 21 on the important roles patients, families and health care professionals play in preventing infections. Topics will include hand hygiene, flu vaccination and antibiotic resistance. Join…
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey by Oct. 16. 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 initiative, visit www.…
A bipartisan group of 95 House lawmakers yesterday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to scuttle its proposed payment cut for hospital outpatient services and provide a positive update in its final outpatient prospective payment system rule for 2016. “Medicare already pays…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released calendar year 2013 data on durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies provided to Medicare beneficiaries through referrals by physicians and other health care professionals. The data is based on information from…
The U.S. birth rate rose 0.6% in 2014 to 62.9 per 1,000 women, the first increase since 2007, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Birth rates rose 3% for Asian/Pacific Islander women and 1% for white women, and declined 9% for teens, 3% for American…