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AHA Chair-elect Melinda Estes, M.D., president and CEO of Saint Luke’s Health System in Kansas City, gave a keynote today at the 43rd World Hospital Congress of the International Hospital Federation in Oman.
Crain’s Chicago Business this week named Priya Bathija, a vice president at the AHA, to its list of Notable Women in Health Care.
The AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges and several member hospitals intend to immediately request that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia enforce its September ruling vacating a CMS rule reducing payments for hospital outpatient services provided in off-campus provider-…
The AHA this week encouraged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to standardize certain prior authorization processes to reduce administrative burden, and improve how it ensures that beneficiaries receive access to the services they need.
The AHA and American College of Healthcare Executives today led a joint session at the World Hospital Congress of the International Hospital Federation in Oman on how American hospital and health system leaders respond to natural disasters, crises and workplace violence and how to build resilience.
Drug shortages threaten the quality of patient care, narrow treatment options and often result in the use of potentially less effective alternative medications, hospital and health system leaders said at a briefing today on Capitol Hill.
AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to release long-awaited guidance to help hospitals and health systems interpret Medicare’s conditions of participation, or develop alternative approaches to keep them informed and updated about compliance.
This week, AHA leaders are sharing the emergency preparedness efforts of America’s hospitals and health systems at the 43rd World Hospital Congress of the International Hospital Federation in Oman.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule that increases Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates.
The AHA, American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and Institute for Safe Medication Practices today voiced strong support for the Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act.