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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued a correction notice to the fiscal year 2016 inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment system final rule, which was published Aug. 17.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently clarified certain meaningful use objectives and measures in the Medicare & Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentives Programs. The clarifications pertain to the summary of care objective, immunizations measure, and numerator…
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey, available today through 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…
A new guide from the AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative examines steps hospitals can take to increase supplier diversity. “As hospitals accelerate their improvement efforts in core areas that increase staff and leadership diversity and cultural competence, issues…
The House Judiciary Committee today voted 18-10 to approve the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act, AHA-supported legislation that would standardize the merger review process so that the Federal Trade Commission would be required to rely exclusively on the…
The Senate voted 78-20 today to pass a continuing resolution funding most federal programs at their current levels through Dec. 11. The House is expected to approve the measure later today, which would avert a government shutdown when the current funding bill expires at midnight. President Obama is…
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee today approved by voice vote the Protecting Our Infants Act (S.799/H.R.1462). The AHA-supported legislation would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a strategy and recommendations to decrease the number of…
Congress should be skeptical of certain research cited by America’s Health Insurance Plans at a recent hearing on “competition in the health care marketplace,” AHA said today in a letter to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute this week approved $83 million in funding for 26 research studies on a range of conditions and patient populations. Two of the awards totaling $29.5 million will support studies on caring for people infected with hepatitis C.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today awarded $22.8 million in grants to 24 state health departments, six universities and one American Indian tribe to promote colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 50-75, including low-income and other at-risk populations. The recipients…