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Colorado hospitals and obstetrics providers are collaborating on a two-year initiative to reduce preterm and low-birthweight deliveries to no more than 9.6% and 7.8% of live births, respectively, the Colorado Hospital Association announced last week.
Alabama Hospital Association President and CEO Mike Horsley recently announced he will retire at the end of this year. The former commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and the Alabama Medicaid Agency began his tenure at AlaHA in 1991. “Mike has been an invaluable asset for…
May 1 is the final day that all hospitals can submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey. Hospitals are asked to complete the survey even if they did not experience recovery audit contractor activity during the first quarter of this year. The free web-based survey helps AHA measure the impact of…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late Friday issued its inpatient psychiatric facility proposed rule for fiscal year 2016. The rule would increase IPF rates by 1.6% in FY 2016 compared to FY 2015, after accounting for inflation and other adjustments. Specifically, the proposed…
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology will host a webinar tomorrow at 1 p.m. CDT on the proposed 2015 Edition certification criteria, standards and implementation specifications for electronic health record technology. ONC representatives will review the proposed…
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), ranking member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, will address the AHA Annual Membership Meeting during the afternoon Federal Forum Plenary on Monday, May 4. Stabenow also serves on the Senate Budget Committee. For more on the AHA meeting, May 3-6 in…
The AHA will host a members-only webinar April 29 on three new proposed rules for the Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program. During the webinar, from 2-3:30 p.m.
Cook County (Minn.) North Shore Hospital Administrator Kimber Wraalstad contends that most decision makers in Washington, D.C., don’t understand what it’s like for a critical access hospital (CAH) to provide care in a rurally isolated region of the country.
Nearly 642,000 physicians and other professionals participated in the Physician Quality Reporting System in 2013, a 47% increase from 2012 and about half of those eligible to participate, according to a new report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued recommendations to prevent HIV and hepatitis C outbreaks among people who inject drugs. As of April 21, CDC and Indiana officials have identified 135 people newly diagnosed with HIV in a small Indiana community, most of whom reported…