Headline
The latest stories from AHA Today.
If the Supreme Court rules against the government in King v. Burwell, an additional 5.6 million people could lose health coverage in the 20 states that have a federally-facilitated health insurance marketplace and have not expanded Medicaid, according to a new report by the Urban Institute and…
The number of patients treated for mental disorders grew by 14 million between 2002 and 2012, while expenditures for mental disorders grew by $25 billion, according to a new report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. That’s a larger increase in cases and expenditures than for…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will transition the Physician Quality Reporting System to its Enterprise Identity Management System on July 13. Existing PQRS users, their data and roles will be moved to a new “PQRS Portal” portion of the CMS Enterprise Portal at portal.…
The AABB has released a white paper to help organizations overcome common hurdles associated with starting a Patient Blood Management program – an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach to optimizing care for patients who might need transfusion. The paper includes a review of the…
Overall hospital prices increased 0.1% in April and were 0.5% higher than a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported yesterday. Prices for the subgroup of general medical and surgical hospitals declined 0.1%, and were 0.3% higher than in April 2014, according to the BLS Producer Price…
AHA has made a $50,000 today donation to the American Red Cross to support the Nepal earthquake relief efforts of three international disaster relief organizations. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Himalayan nation on last month, followed by multiple aftershocks and an avalanche on Mount…
Trinity Health has put together a “Coverage Expansion Success” video to capture the past two years of the organization’s work in supporting the expansion of Medicaid coverage and assisting with enrollment through the health insurance marketplace provided under the Affordable Care…
The House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee today approved the 21st Century Cures Act, sending the legislation without offsets to pay for it to the full committee for consideration next week. Sponsors said they would continue to make improvements to the bill.
The Senate Finance Committee will seek input from stakeholders on legislative proposals to improve care for Medicare patients with chronic conditions, a large and growing share of Medicare spending, Committee Chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced at a…
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued recommendations for health care facilities to reduce the risk of security vulnerabilities identified in two computerized infusion pumps made by Hospira. The Hospira LifeCare PCA3 and PCA5 Infusion Pump Systems are computerized infusion pumps…