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Founded in 1989, the Metro Community Provider Network is a nonprofit organization in the Denver Metro area that provides medical and health education services to underserved communities. Over the years, MCPN has grown to include 10 sites and several community-based case management programs and has…
The Community Health Systems Development Team at the Georgia Health Policy Center has developed a return on investment calculator designed especially for rural health grantees. The calculator is a tool for estimating the economic benefits to a community nd the money that is invested in that work…
Amicus Brief urging the Minnesota Supreme Court to affirm a lower court ruling that a hospitals governing body may amend the bylaws governing the hospital's medical staff.
This guide is a synopsis of a conversation held at the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management's annual conference held in July, 2013 in San Diego. Sponsored by VHA, this forum provided an opportunity for experts to discuss the 'cost, quality and outcomes movement' in…
The AHA Resource Center has compiled this list of selected links to health policy and administration organizations and related topics.
Never underestimate the power of data. Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Hospital focused on collecting and analyzing data to prevent pressure ulcers. The 91-bed hospital serves 18,000 town residents but about 90,000 in its entire service area. The hospital created a multidisciplinary pressure ulcer…
AHA today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Department of Health and Human Services in a federal lawsuit seeking to exclude all drugs with an orphan designation from an HHS final rule expanding the 340B drug discount program to rural and cancer hospitals under the Patient…
Hospitals must be able to rely on the advice of qualified counsel when determining whether a particular transaction is legally permissible under the Stark Law, the AHA and South Carolina Hospital Association said in a friend-of-the-court brief filed yesterday in the 4th U.S.
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