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The AHA鈥檚 American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration has named three new regional consultants to two-year terms on its Regional, Chapter and Member Services Committee. They are: Celine Craig, chief human resources officer for King鈥檚 Daughters Medical Center in鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today extended the attestation deadline for hospitals and eligible physicians participating in the Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program to March 13 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Hospitals participating in the program must attest to meeting 2016鈥
The AHA today released a discussion guide to help hospital and health system board members and leaders implement innovative ways to preserve access to essential health care services in vulnerable rural and urban communities. The AHA鈥檚 Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities recently鈥
About 9.2 million people selected a 2017 health plan through HealthCare.gov during open enrollment, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported Friday. One-third were new HealthCare.gov consumers. Thirty-nine states used HealthCare.gov for 2017 open enrollment, which ended Jan.鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Feb. 7 webinar on the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice. To register for the webinar, which begins at 2:30 p.m. ET, click here.
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.08% in January to a seasonally adjusted 5,080,700 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. That's 4,200 more people than in December and 108,600 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of鈥
Spectrum Health鈥檚 Healthier Communities Vice President Kenneth Fawcett, M.D., likens the scope of his organization鈥檚 community outreach to the 鈥渟un passing from horizon to horizon. We offer support to vulnerable populations through all phases of life.鈥
Vickery Meadow is a slice of Northeast Dallas known as the 鈥淟ittle United Nations鈥 because it is home to some 25,000 refugees who speak more than 50 languages.The annual median income is about $22,000, with many residents working several jobs to eke out a living. Large, extended鈥
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday warned that products containing chlorhexidine gluconate can cause rare but serious allergic reactions. 鈥淎lthough rare, the number of reports of serious allergic reactions to these products has increased over the last several years,鈥 the鈥
The Internal Revenue Service yesterday alerted payroll and human resources professionals to beware of a continuing phishing email scheme that purports to be from company executives and requests W-2 forms and personal information on employees. The scheme, which surfaced last year, has spread to鈥