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Growth in prescription drug spending has accelerated considerably in recent years, and it is projected to continue rising during the next decade, according to a report the Department of Health and Human Services recently submitted to Congress. Specifically, the report shows that growth in retail鈥
Performance in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 Hospital-acquired Conditions Reduction Program is heavily influenced by hospital size, according to a new study in the American Journal of Medical Quality.
A new report card from the Trust for America鈥檚 Health examines emergency preparedness on a state-by-state basis. 鈥淩eady or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism,鈥 scored states, as well as Washington, DC, on 10 key indicators of public health鈥
The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, an AHA personal membership group, welcomes four new members to its board of directors for 2017.
In response to stakeholder feedback and because of the large volume of changes introduced into ICD-10 in fiscal year 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the National Library of Medicine recently announced that they will update all impacted electronic clinical quality鈥
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued Zika-related travel and testing guidance for pregnant women, women who may become pregnant and their sexual partners in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX, after Texas health officials say five cases of the virus in that area were spread鈥
The deadline to join the AHA鈥檚 Health Research & Educational Trust鈥檚 Hospital Improvement Innovation Network has been extended to Thursday, Dec. 22. To date, more than 30 state partners and 1,550 hospitals have committed to the HRET HIIN. The HIINs will work to reduce overall鈥
The AHA today released an updated PowerPoint slide deck to help hospital leaders, clinicians and trustees prepare for the new Medicare physician quality payment program, for which performance measurement starts in 2017 under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center nursing leader Linda Burnes Bolton today was named the medical center鈥檚 inaugural James R. Klinenberg, M.D., and Lynn Klinenberg Linkin Chair in Nursing. 鈥淭here are very few professionals who have a sure grasp of policy and practice, who navigate Washington, D.C.,鈥
The Senate voted 51 to 48 early Thursday to approve a budget resolution instructing House and Senate committees to begin work on legislation to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act. The House is expected to take up the legislation Friday.