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Studies and ReportsRecommendations to Improve the Assessment, Treatment, and Transfer of Psychiatric Patients to State-Operated HospitalsIllinois Hospital Association, March 2008
Hospital Billing, Charity Care and Community BenefitsAboutState Issues Forum StaffSteering Committee2017 Meetings
2014-2016 Steering CommitteeThe State Issues Forum Steering Committee represents all State and Metropolitan Associations.
Today's final Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) rule presents challenges and opportunities for hospitals and health systems, and the nearly 540,000 directly employed or contracted physicians with whom they partner to deliver quality care.
New analysis finds inpatient hospital drug costs increased more than 38% per admission between 2013 and 2015.
Hospitals continue to make great progress in their journey to improve patient care, according to new results released today by the American Hospital Association (AHA)/Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET).
The CMS Aug. 29 issued a proposed rule that would implement the standards governing health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces for 2018.
The rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could put hospitals and the physicians treating patients in outpatient departments at risk for violating fraud and abuse laws.
Health Insurance Marketplace premiums for 2015 averaged 7% lower in states that had expanded Medicaid eligibility to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act than in states that had not, according to an analysis released today by the Department of Health and Human Services.