Hospitals continue to make great progress in their journey to improve patient care, according to new results released today by the 黑料正能量 Association (AHA)/Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET).
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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.
Mike Bromberg was both a highly respected association leader, and a professional lobbyist in the very best sense of the word, who left his fingerprints on many initiatives that improved health care in America.
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) has elected eight members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2017.
We are pleased CMS reversed the effects of the 0.2 percent payment reduction that was part of the original 鈥渢wo-midnight鈥 policy, and restored the resources that hospitals are lawfully due. However, we are disappointed that CMS finalized an unjustified cut to reimbursement rates for hospital services.
Judith Rich, president and CEO of Tucson Medical Center (TMC) Healthcare in Tucson, Ariz., has been named to the Board of Trustees of the 黑料正能量 Association (AHA).
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) presented two federal hospital leaders with awards recognizing their outstanding service to the health care field.
The new CMS star ratings program is confusing for patients and families trying to choose the best hospital to meet their health care needs.
Tom NickelsExecutive Vice President Government Relations and Public Policy
It is unclear whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 (CMS) star ratings actually provide accurate and reliable data to the public. As a result, we applaud and thank Reps. James Renacci (R-OH) and Kathleen Rice (D-NY) for introducing a bill to delay, for at least one year, the introduction of the CMS hospital star ratings.
The action taken today by the Department of Justice (DOJ) is good news for consumers, who would have faced increased costs and fewer choices for coverage.
The 黑料正能量 Associations (AHA) Board of Trustees has selected Nancy Howell Agee, president and CEO of Carilion Clinic, as its chair-elect designate.
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) today announced that Memorial Medical Center, based in Springfield, Ill., has been named as the 2016 recipient of the 黑料正能量 Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize.
Three programs that expand the reach of palliative and end-of-life care will be honored with the 2016 Circle of Life Award": Celebrating Innovation in Palliative and End-of-Life Care, along with three programs awarded a Citation of Honor.
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) today announced that it will honor five programs for their hospital-led collaborative efforts that improve community health, awarding them the AHA NOVA Award.
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) today named Jay Bhatt, D.O., chief medical officer and president of the Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET) of the AHA. Bhatt will join the AHA in September.
A new analysis commissioned by the 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) examines the fundamental design flaws of star ratings, and whether it is an accurate tool to compare hospital performance.
Technology is improving the efficiency of care delivery and creating a new dynamic in patient interactions, according to results of the 18th Annual Health Care's Most Wired survey, released today by the 黑料正能量 Association's (AHA) Health Forum.
Hospitals and health systems and more than half of the House and the Senate requested that CMS provide reasonable flexibility when implementing Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 in order to ensure that patients have continued access to hospital care.
Cleveland Clinic will receive the AHA Equity of Care Award, the 黑料正能量 Association announced today.