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Senior health care leaders can apply through June 1 to participate in the next AHA Health Care Transformation Fellowship, a nine-month program designed to give participants knowledge, tools and connections to transform their health care organizations. To apply, click here .
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a proposed rule that would modify the reporting period for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Program in 2015 to a 90-day period aligned with the calendar year and provide additional flexibilities,…
The AHA and four other national organizations representing members of the psychiatric-provider community this week urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to include in the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting program two measures recently supported by the Measure…
States last September reported enrolling more than 4.6 million newly eligible adults in Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act’s new adult eligibility group, according to data released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Hospital prices in February were just 0.4% higher than in February 2014, according to the latest Economic Indicators from Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending. “We expect growth for hospital prices to remain low in the near term, which translates to continued…
Uninsured rates for adults in the nation’s four largest states were higher last year in the states that had not expanded Medicaid eligibility to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act, according to a study released today by the Commonwealth Fund. New York and California, which…
The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center yesterday discharged in good condition the American health care worker admitted March 13 with Ebola virus disease. The patient tested positive for the disease while volunteering in an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone. The hospital, in…
Physicians and teaching hospitals may review and dispute 2014 payments reported to the Open Payments program for a 45-day period that began April 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports. Applicable drug and medical device makers and group purchasing organizations must annually…
Senior health care leaders may apply through June 1 to participate in the next AHA Health Care Transformation Fellowship, a nine-month program designed to give participants knowledge, tools and connections to transform their health care organizations. Through in-person learning retreats, webinars,…
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey by April 17. The free web-based survey helps AHA gauge the impact of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program on hospitals and advocate for needed changes. For more information on the RACTrac initiative, visit www.…