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In the February 15 Federal Register, the Food and Drug Administration \(FDA\) released a final regulation on how it will regulate ")medical device data systems") \(MDDS\).
On February 23, the Internal Revenue Service \(IRS\) released a revised Schedule H with Instructions, and announced a mandatory three-month extension for filing IRS Form 990 for certain filers.
Just as there are challenges to making health care more affordable, there are many opportunities to reduce costs without compromising care. Hospitals and physicians are pursuing these opportunities in variety of ways.
Next Monday marks the beginning of National Patient Safety Awareness Week. This is a good opportunity for you to inform your patients and their families, consumers and the community about the work you and your employees do every day to improve care,
Health Care Human Resource Checklist for 2011 and other articles
Please join your AHA colleagues for a call highlighting the Mayo Clinic's successful initiatives in integrating behavioral health and physical health. Ample time will be allotted for questions and answers.
How to Effectively Integrate Psychiatric Services
How to Effectively Integrate Psychiatric Services into Primary Medical Care
On January 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released a proposed regulation for the new hospital value-based purchasing \(VBP\) program. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 \(ACA\) established a Medicare VBP program to pay hospitals for their actual…