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To meet their mission of high-quality health care, America's hospitals must continually adopt innovative clinical and information technology. Adding new technology can reduce health care costs by minimizing complications, reducing duplicative tests and improving outcomes.
Full-service hospitals are vital to meeting the health care needs of the communities they serve by providing a wide range of acute care and diagnostic services, supporting public health needs, and offering a myriad of other community services to promote the health and well being of the community.
Full-service hospitals are vital to meeting the health care needs of the communities they serve by providing a wide range of acute care and diagnostic services, supporting public health needs, and offering a myriad of other community services to promote the health and well being of the community.
Prepared to Care Limited Service Providers put at risk the standby role of HospitalsThe standby role: 24/7 acces to care, disaster readiness, caring for patients regardless ability to pay.
Full-service hospitals are vital to meeting the health care needs of the communities they serve by providing a wide range of acute care and diagnostic services, supporting public health needs, and offering a myriad of other community services to promote the health and well being of the community.
Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Resources: Links to government sites and other sites that contain the latest information on Inpatient PPS.
AHA Central Office serves as the U.S. clearinghouse for issues related to the use of ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS and certain HCPCS codes. AHA Central Office works with the National Center for Health Statistics and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to maintain the integrity of the…