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The American Hospital Association (AHA) is writing to request clarification regarding how the appeals settlement offer, announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Aug. 29, 2014, impacts the contingency fees Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) received for previously denied…
This webinar describes the initiative, the 10 steps to successful breastfeeding and feature a hospital success story shared by the CEO of Providence Hospital, who talks about applications of quality improvement to drive change in practice to help mothers successfully breastfeed.
Trustees, senior leaders and quality chairs play a pivotal role as their hospitals and health care systems pursue opportunities to transform care and better serve their patients and communities. The AHA offers many resources for the ongoing work to improve quality and safety.
With four hospitals and more than 120 employed medical providers, St. Charles Health System is a provider of medical care in Central Oregon.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is pleased to support H.R. 5481, the Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2014. Your legislation requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make a necessary adjustment to how it implements the Medicare and Medicaid…
The recently released EHR Meaningful Use in 2014 Flexibility regulation addressed challenges in FY 2014. However, for hospitals, the challenges will remain in place at the start of FY 2015 (Oct. 1, 2014), when hospitals will be expected to meet all of the program requirements for the entire fiscal…
The undersigned organizations write to express immediate concerns confronting our respective members’ ability to successfully participate in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program in 2015 and we offer recommendations on increasing program flexibility.
Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviation—mix in specialized safety training for all hospital staff, use common-cause and root-cause analyses and enhance with lessons and stories from front-line staff—then combine all to…