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Beginning August 1, 2014, the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) Program was restructured from a state-based program, with an individual QIO contractor in each of the 53 states and territories, to five BFCC regional contracts covering the same 53 states…
Hospitals and health systems recognized for excellence in health care equity are sharing their work with the field.
The results are based on 1,109 hospitals and indicate a slight rise in cultural competency training. However, minorities represented in leadership positions remained flat. This is an update from the 2011 study. The infographic provides a visual snapshot of the major findings in the survey and can…
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.
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…