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Join AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 4 p.m. ET for the next AHA members-only Town Hall webcast. Melinda Hatton, AHA senior vice president and general counsel, and Josh Soven, AHA outside counsel and a partner at Gibson Dunn, will discuss the recently announced…
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) August 28 ruled that Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan., violated the National Labor Relations Act by denying two nurses’ requests for a union representative when they appeared before its nursing peer review committee, and by failing and refusing…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting comments through Sept. 14 on its proposed star rating system for overall hospital-level quality.
In a letter published today, the AHA says an Aug. 27 article in the Wall Street Journal wrongly states that the insurance megadeals will be good for consumers because it will force hospitals to lower prices.
Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana and Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna “have the very real potential to reduce competition substantially, increase the cost of premiums, and diminish the insurers’ willingness to be innovative partners with providers and consumers…
The AHA yesterday called for swift enactment of the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act, S. 1189, legislation aimed at helping to address physician shortages in medically underserved areas of the country.
The two-midnight policy changes proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "are a good first step towards resolving some of the problems created by this policy,” wrote AHA Executive Vice President Rick Pollack in an Aug. 27 letter to the agency.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to collect additional information from Qualified Health Plans in the individual and small group markets as part of the risk corridors and medical loss ratio programs, the agency announced yesterday. The agency said it needs the information…
Medicare claims processing systems are ready to accept ICD-10 claims on Oct. 1, based on results from the third ICD-10 end-to-end testing week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday. About 1,200 health care providers and billing companies submitted more than 29,…
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued draft guidance on how it intends to name new and previously licensed nonproprietary biological products, commonly referred to as biosimilar products. “FDA’s current thinking is that shared nonproprietary names are not appropriate…