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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health today released a toolkit to help hospitals protect staff from respiratory hazards.
The Food and Drug Administration this week issued draft guidance that would revise blood donor deferral recommendations for individuals at increased risk for transmitting HIV. Since September 1985, FDA has recommended that blood establishments indefinitely defer male donors who have had sex…
Hospitals spend an average of 12.3% of their total expenses on community benefits, according to a new report by Ernst & Young. Based on the most recent data available from more than 1,100 tax-exempt hospitals for tax year 2012, the estimate includes financial assistance, Medicaid underpayments…
The Class of 2017 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year.
Innovations and adaptations toward value-based care, and appreciating the differences in the hospital field, are key to strengthening the delivery of health care, says AHA board member James Leonard, M.D…
The AHA supports the intent of draft legislation to accelerate and improve the discovery, development and delivery of new cures and treatments for patients, but would strongly object to any reductions to hospital payments to pay for the proposals, AHA Executive Vice President Rick Pollack said in…
The AHA today urged Congress to remove the perverse financial incentives that encourage Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors to deny claims; reduce payments to RACs with a high rate of overturned denials; allow RAC reviews to consider only the medical documentation available when the admission…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released an update to its draft legislation to accelerate and improve the discovery, development and delivery of new cures and treatments for patients. Among other changes, the updated draft replaces placeholders for sections on ensuring…
The health care sector added 226,000 jobs over the past six months, the largest increase in at least 25 years, and now employs more than 15 million, according to the latest Economic Indicators from Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending. Hospitals have been “a big…
The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum will host a webinar May 20 on the changing health care landscape and new ways to engage consumers. During the complimentary webinar, at 2:30 p.m. ET, presenters from Oliver Wyman will review the changing expectations of payers, employers and consumers, and…
A day after legislation to renew expired trade promotion authority failed to gain the 60 votes needed to clear a procedural hurdle, Senate leaders May 13 reached agreement to move forward on the package of trade bills that would impose additional sequestration cuts on Medicare.