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The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, an AHA personal membership group, recently announced its 2016 board of directors. The new board will begin its tenure by developing the society’s 2016-2018 strategic plan. For more information and a list of 2016 board members…
The Illinois Hospital Association on Friday named A.J. Wilhelmi its next president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. Wilhelmi joined IHA in 2012 as its chief government relations officer. Prior to that, he was an Illinois state senator for seven years, serving as chair of the Senate Judiciary…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late this afternoon issued a proposed rule on the notice of benefit and payment parameters standards for health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces. The proposed rule sets forth payment parameters and provisions related to…
A working group of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response is accepting comments through Nov. 30 on draft updated guidance for implementing the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity framework…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response encourages hospitals and other stakeholders to sign up to participate in its Information Exchange, which allows authorized users to participate in conversations about health threats…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a notice clarifying actions taken since Oct. 1 to address isolated problems processing ICD-10 codes for certain national or local coverage decisions/policies. With respect to the national coverage decisions, interim solutions were…
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday extended the prescriber and pharmacy certification deadlines for the new Clozapine Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Program, citing ongoing implementation challenges. “We will communicate the revised certification deadlines and additional…
About 5.5 million Americans will receive premium rebates averaging $129 per family from health insurers who did not meet medical loss ratio requirements in 2014, according to a new report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Maryjane Wurth will join the AHA on Jan. 28 as chief strategy and relationship officer and president and CEO of Health Forum, leading the organization’s business development, strategic planning, member relations and personal membership groups. Wurth currently serves as president and CEO of…
The New Jersey Hospital Association and the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals have approved an agreement to transition the core functions of NJCTH into NJHA over the next year. “NJHA and NJCTH have joint members among New Jersey’s teaching hospitals,” said Leslie…