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“While the evidence is in some respects limited, there is little doubt that information blocking is occurring and that it is interfering with the exchange of electronic health information,” according to a report released Friday by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health…
The nation has made clear progress in improving the health care delivery system to achieve the three aims of better care, smarter spending and healthier people, according to the 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report, released Friday by the Agency for Healthcare Research and…
Secretary of State John Kerry today signed a memorandum of understanding with the African Union Commission to create an African CDC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today. “The West African Ebola epidemic reaffirmed the need for a public health institute to…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit Friday partially upheld a district court’s preliminary injunction preventing the state of Missouri from imposing certain additional substantive requirements on certified application counselors who facilitate enrollment in exchanges authorized…
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…