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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today held a hearing on “achieving the promise of health information technology.” In a statement submitted for the record, AHA said it recommends using existing structures in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health…
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today approved by voice vote the AHA-supported Protecting Our Infants Act (H.R. 1462). The bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Rep.
The AHA generally supports the direction of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule revising managed care regulations for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and urges the agency to continue to be mindful of the need to strike the appropriate…
The AHA Board of Trustees has elected as its chair-elect designate Eugene “Gene” Woods, president and chief operating officer of CHRISTUS Health in Irving, TX. He will assume the AHA chairmanship in 2017. Woods joined CHRISTUS Health in 2011 and is responsible for overseeing its acute,…
The AHA Board of Trustees has selected as its chairman-elect for 2016 Eugene Woods, president and chief operating officer of Christus Health in Irving, Texas. He will serve as AHA chairman in 2017.Woods next year will succeed James Skogsbergh as the association’s chairman-elect. Skogsbergh is…
A new online tool from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows state-level trends in hospital stays for adults with Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and the uninsured. The Fast Stats tool allows users to examine hospital stay information for about 40 states.
The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate is surveying hospitals about their employee health and wellness programs to identify best practices for promoting employees’ health. The confidential survey was mailed last week to all hospital CEOs for completion by Aug. 31.…
From the board room to the bed side, parents are involved in the care and experience their children receive at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora.
The recent wave of increases in the cost of prescription drugs is straining hospital budgets and squeezing patients. Hospitals point to tactics like Canadian-based Valeant’s purchase earlier this year of the rights to a pair of life-saving heart medications, Isuprel and Nitropress. The…
The Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will have sufficient funds to cover its obligations until 2030, the same year that was projected last year and 13 years later than projected prior to passage of the Affordable Care Act, according to the latest annual report from the Medicare Board of…