Headline
The latest stories from AHA Today.
The Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday awarded 15 organizations up to $750,000 each to establish residency programs in rural communities.
The AHA yesterday joined 85 national organizations in urging Congress to swiftly pass the Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act (H.R.3838/S.2415), bipartisan legislation that would reauthorize federal support for state-based maternal mortality review committees, which review pregnancy-…
The AHA today joined 16 other organizations in voicing support for the Value in Health Care Act, bipartisan legislation that would extend the 5% Medicare payment incentives for advanced Alternative Payment Models under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act that are set to expire this…
The AHA July 27 joined AHIP, the American Medical Association, and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to implement its proposed HIPAA prior authorization standards for claims attachments due to conflicting regulatory proposals, which “…
The Senate Appropriations Committee today voted 26-2 to approve legislation that would provide $224.4 billion in funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education in fiscal year 2024, a 7% cut below the prior fiscal year.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released its fiscal year 2024 final rule for the inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system, which updates the IPF payment rate by a net 2.4% in FY 2024.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released its fiscal year 2024 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System final rule.
Nishant Prasad, M.D., program director of infectious diseases at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, shares how his team reexamined its approach to central line-associated bloodstream infections and reduced occurrences to zero last year.
The FDA has updated its recognized consensus standards for medical devices to include more options for device sponsors to consider during premarket review. Find out how this affects your medical device.
The House Ways and Means Committee July 26 voted 25-16 to pass the Health Care Price Transparency Act (H.R. 4822), legislation that would impose additional site-neutral payment cuts and regulatory burdens on off-campus hospital outpatient departments, impose additional Medicare sequester cuts on…