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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response has released a toolkit to help health care providers prepare to address the unique needs of homeless individuals in a disaster or public health emergency.
AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative will host a free Sept. 15 webinar on results from the Health Research & Educational Trust’s recent survey on hospital strategies to engage patients and families in their care. Two hospitals also will discuss how they implemented…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated its list of ICD-10 diagnosis codes that do not require a Present On Admission indicator on Medicare inpatient prospective payment system claims in fiscal year 2016. CMS will provide an update on ICD-10 implementation during a…
A recent study of just one year and 12 markets found that some provider-sponsored plans had higher premiums than similar plans offered by other carriers, but “that’s not the full story,” writes AHA Executive Vice President Rick Pollack in an AHASTAT blog post today.
The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum and the Association of American Medical Colleges will host a webinar Sept. 1 on ways physicians and hospitals can use continuing medical education and professional development to strengthen collaboration and help transform the health care delivery system.
The largest insurers in the Health Insurance Marketplace raised premiums an average 75% more this year than smaller insurers in the same state, according to a new study in the Harvard Journal of Technology Science. The largest insurance issuers raised rates by an average 23.9%, while the other…
Seven in 10 U.S. adults view the cost of prescription drugs as “unreasonable,” according to the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll. Asked about potential solutions, at least seven in 10 adults supported requiring drug companies to publicize how they set prices, allowing the government…
U.S. death rates for flu and pneumonia, HIV, heart disease and diabetes declined in 2014, according to provisional estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Age-adjusted death rates for 2014 fell 5% for flu and pneumonia, 5% for HIV, 2% for heart disease and 1% for diabetes.…
Aetna Inc. will refile its premerger notification to give the Department of Justice additional time to review its proposed acquisition of Humana Inc., according to forms filed this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The health insurer said it expects to refile the notification…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has corrected an error in the preview reports for home health quality data to be posted to the Home Health Compare website in October. The replacement reports should now appear in the CASPER shared folders.