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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a proposed rule that would revise the Medicare payment system for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests and implement other changes required by section 216 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014.
If nurses continue to enter the workforce at the current rate, the U.S. would have about 4% fewer registered nurses than needed by 2025, according to a study in the October issue of Medical Care. That’s a “remarkable turnaround” compared with the nearly 30% shortage predicted…
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health this week released a free online course for emergency responders on strategies to reduce risks from fatigue during emergency response and recovery operations requiring long work shifts. The agency also released a course for nurses…
Participating hospitals and other health care providers will offer free, anonymous mental health screenings Oct. 8 as part of the 25th annual National Depression Screening Day. To find a local screening site, visit www.helpyourselfhelpothers.org. AHA is a supporter of the annual event, sponsored by…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will continue to pay claims and implement ICD-10 if the Congress fails to act by Oct. 1 on legislation to fund the government into fiscal year 2016, CMS Principal Deputy Administrator Patrick Conway said during a press briefing today on ICD-10…
The Environmental Protection Agency today issue a proposed rule revising the regulations for management and disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. The rule would apply to health care facilities, pharmaceutical reverse distributors, and owners or operators of treatment, storage and…
Donate Life America this week launched an online registry for organ, eye and tissue donors.
AHA Solutions Inc. and the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration this week presented the 2015 Gary Willis Leadership Award to Tina Boeckenstedt, human resource client services manager for Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, and Tracy Braman, human resources…
Proposed changes to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ 1996 model state legislation for health plan network adequacy would help address problems that consumers and health care providers face with respect to the adequacy and transparency of health plan provider networks, AHA…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology yesterday released for comment draft updates to its list of “best available” standards and implementation specifications for interoperable clinical health information technology.