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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has partnered with the state of New York to test a new payment and integrated care model for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and AHA Chair-elect Designate Gene Woods, president and chief operating officer of CHRISTUS Health, this week released a short video explaining the #123forEquity Pledge to Act Campaign to eliminate health care disparities.
Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital, a 2014 AHA Equity of Care Award recipient, is working to ensure that all its patients receive high-quality care, and that the organization reflects the community it serves. The hospital’s Disparities Solutions Center (DSC) offers tools and…
As a “facilitated enrollment service” provider for the state of New York, the 24-member Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council in Hauppauge has been working to help enroll uninsured Long Island residents in state-run public health insurance programs for more than 15 years.Its expertise made…
Commenting today on a substitute amendment to the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (H.R. 2646) by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), the AHA voiced support for a provision that would allow states to use federal Medicaid funds to cover services for adults in inpatient psychiatric hospitals.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today approved by voice vote the Synthetic Drug Control Act (H.R. 3537). The AHA-supported legislation would give the Drug Enforcement Administration authority to stop the distribution, sale and use of additional synthetic drugs by classifying them…
Hospital-acquired conditions declined by 17% (1.3 million) between 2010 and 2013, saving an estimated 50,000 lives and $12 billion in health care costs, according to final results reported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Adverse drug events fell by 44%, pressure ulcers by 21…
Leaders of the Senate Special Committee on Aging today announced a bipartisan investigation into pharmaceutical drug pricing.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in collaboration with the Maryland Hospital Association and AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative, tomorrow will host the first in a series of free webinars on Maryland’s global budgeting system for hospital services.…
The fall issue of AHA’s Great Boards newsletter features articles on best practices for board education and governance of provider-sponsored health plans. Administered by AHA's Center for Healthcare Governance, the free quarterly newsletter examines hospital and health system governance trends…