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President Obama yesterday issued an executive order authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to impose sanctions on foreign individuals or entities that engage in malicious cyber-enabled activities that create a significant threat to the national security, foreign policy, economic health or…
AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance has released a free two-part webinar on managing population health and risk in the new care delivery and payment environment. Presenters from Navigant Healthcare discuss the transition from fee-for-service to fee-for-value and various provider-sponsored…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced an extension through April 30 of the prohibition on Recovery Audit Contractor inpatient hospital patient status reviews under the “two-midnight” policy. The current statutory prohibition required by the Protecting…
The AHA and Catholic Health Association of the United States today urged the Internal Revenue Service to formally acknowledge that support for improved housing to enhance the health of a hospital’s community is a community benefit and should be recognized on page 1 of Form 990 Schedule H.…
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday finalized a consent agreement with Phoebe Putney Health System, the Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County and HCA to settle administrative litigation challenging the health system’s acquisition of a nearby hospital. The agreement does not…
The Health Information Trust Alliance and Booz Allen Hamilton will host a free educational event on cybersecurity preparedness April 30 in Washington, D.C. The Cyber Town Hall will include speakers from the Department of Health and Human Services, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration last week issued revised federal guidelines for opioid treatment programs. According to the agency, the guidelines contain updated information on ways to assess and counsel patients; treatment of pregnant patients; patient…
The National Institutes of Health this week named a working group that will seek public input on the design of a research network to advance President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative.
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey, available today through 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…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., last week vowed quick action on bipartisan legislation to replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula when the Senate reconvenes on April 13. The AHA and hospital leaders also are calling for speedy action.
“We’ll turn to it…