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Nearly 4.7 million people selected a 2018 health plan through HealthCare.gov between Nov. 1 and Dec. 9, including more than 1 million last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported yesterday. About 70% of those selecting plans were renewing coverage and the rest were new…
No child is too young to avoid being scarred by domestic violence or abuse, says Cynthia Arreola, who manages New York Presbyterian Hospital’s program for treating the youngest victims of abuse.“We know even when very young children are exposed to traumatic events, the effects can be harmful and…
AHA today urged Congress and the administration to take immediate action to rein in the rising cost of drugs, including passing the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act and H.R. 4392.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued a memo clarifying its ligature risk policy, which pertains to environmental safeguards for patients at risk of harm to self or others. The agency expects to release comprehensive guidance for state survey agencies and accrediting…
The Federal Communications Commission and National Cancer Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding that will focus on how increasing broadband access and adoption can improve the lives of rural cancer patients. As an inaugural project, the agencies have convened a public-private…
The AHA today released a suite of resources to help post-acute care providers prepare for Medicare’s new payment program for clinicians under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. From an on-demand webinar outlining the most salient issues for PAC providers to a quality measure…
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee today held the third in a series of bipartisan hearings on how to make prescription drugs more affordable, which focused on recent recommendations from a National Acade
A new AHA podcast spotlights an innovative New Jersey Hospital Association program that trains veterans to help other veterans navigate the health insurance marketplace and enroll in coverage. Open enrollment for 2018 coverage through Healthcare.gov ends Dec. 15.
AHA will host a Dec. 13 webinar on a Cone Health initiative to align diversity and inclusion, community engagement, business operations and population health to achieve equity. For more information or to register for the 1 p.m. ET webinar, click here.
The AHA’s Association for Community Health Improvement will host its 2018 National Conference March 14-16 in Atlanta, which will focus on building bridges to improve community health. For more information and to register to attend, click here. ACHI provides educational resources and tools,…