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A cyber attack against a database at health insurer CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield serves as another potent reminder to hospitals and other health care organizations of the importance of ongoing initiatives to prevent and protect against cybersecurity risks.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today voted 51-0 to approve H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. The cost of the $13 billion legislation is not offset by cuts in payments for hospital services – a concern that was expressed this week by the AHA in letters to the committee.
The AHA today urged the House Energy and Commerce Committee not to cut payments to hospitals to pay for Section 2123 of the 21st Century Cures Act, which provides for additional payment under Medicare Part A with respect to patient discharges involving new antimicrobial drugs.
The Senate Special Committee on Aging today held a hearing to examine “solutions to the hospital observation stay crisis.” Testifying for the AHA, Jyotirmaya Nanda, M.D., system medical director for informatics and physician compliance at the Center for Clinical Excellence and…
The AHA today urged the Food and Drug Administration to revise its draft guidance for mixing, diluting or repackaging biological products to permit longer beyond-use-dates if testing or validated studies show increased sterility and stability in a similar environment. “The AHA is concerned…
New Hampshire hospitals saw 22% fewer emergency visits, 27% fewer admissions and 15% fewer outpatient visits by uninsured patients in the first nine months of the state’s Medicaid expansion alternative, according to a report released today by the New Hampshire Hospital Association.
A new toolkit from the AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum addresses the appropriate use of elective percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with acute heart disease. Produced in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Society for…
The Senate Special Committee on Aging today held a hearing to examine “solutions to the hospital observation stay crisis.”
When it comes to hospital disputes with Medicare’s recovery audit contractors – or RACs – this one is a doozy.Gretchen Case, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s director of compliance and revenue integrity experience in Los Angeles, recounts the case of one patient who underwent…