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Certain policy decisions and challenges in implementing the No Surprises Act have undermined the unbiased and timely process Congress intended and contributed to a higher-than-anticipated volume of disputed claims, AHA told the House Ways and Means Committee in a statement submitted for a hearing …
The AHA and American Medical Association Sept. 17 urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to affirm a district court decision that invalidated a No Surprises Act final rule that favors insurers in the independent dispute resolution process and threatens serious harm to the law’s patient…
The Food and Drug Administration will accept comments through Nov. 17 on draft guidance for labeling proposed biosimilar and interchangeable biosimilar products.
Joint Commission announces voluntary hospital certification program for environmental sustainability
The Joint Commission in January will launch a voluntary certification program to help U.S. hospitals accelerate their sustainable practices and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
AHA encourages hospitals and health systems to apply by Sept. 29 for its 2024 Quest for Quality Prize, which recognizes significant progress toward achieving the National Academy of Medicine’s six health care quality aims: safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient-centered care.
The AHA’s American Organization for Nursing Leadership affiliate has elected as its 2024 president-elect Ena Williams, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut.
The president of NorthShore Highland Park Hospital discusses her team’s coordinated response to a mass shooting during the 2022 July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Ill., and how the hospital supported the community and health care staff.
In this National Suicide Prevention month and as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day approaches, Julie Goldstein Grumet, director of the Zero Suicide Institute, explains how a team approach can reduce suicide risks in the health care workforce.
About six in 10 physicians and residents and seven in 10 medical students say they experience feelings of burnout often, according to the latest survey by the Physicians Foundation.
The American Society for Health Care Risk Management named Tracy Melina of Nuvance Health 2023 Risk Management Professional of the Year.