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To continue to transform the health care delivery system and improve quality and affordability of care for patients, hospitals need the next administration and Congress to prioritize modernizing outdated and burdensome laws and regulations, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack told attendees at a鈥
Leonhard Lang has recalled certain lots of an automatic external defibrillator electrode because the user may not be able to connect it to the defibrillator when a shock is needed due to a compatibility issue, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. A delay in delivering electrical鈥
The National Academy for State Health Policy today issued 11 proposals to help states rein in rising prescription drug costs.
A total of 168 organizations, including the AHA, last week urged House and Senate appropriators to maintain at least $334 million in budget authority for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in fiscal year 2017.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host an Oct. 26 webinar and Nov. 15 call on the final rule implementing key provisions of the new physician payment system required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. The 60-minute webinar, at 2 p.m. ET, will provide an鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services today awarded $294 million to primary care clinicians and students through the National Health Service Corps and NURSE Corps programs to reduce their educational debt in exchange for service in underserved communities. 鈥淭he NHSC and NURSE Corps鈥
The number one childhood disease isn鈥檛 leukemia or allergies or even asthma. It鈥檚 dental disease, according to the National Children鈥檚 Oral Health Foundation.It is preventable, but, of course, only if the child sees a dentist. More kids are in Houston because of a partnership鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 (CMS) final rule for Medicare鈥檚 new physician payment system offers both challenges and opportunities for hospitals and their employed or contracted physicians, the AHA said last week.
The AHA Friday asked a federal judge to require the Department of Health and Human Services to implement three 鈥減racticable solutions鈥 to reduce the backlog of Medicare claims appeals at the administrative law judge level: offer reasonable settlements to hospitals and other Medicare鈥
The AHA strongly supports the innovations in care delivery and financing pioneered by the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly and generally supports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 efforts to update the program鈥檚 regulatory requirements, AHA said today. The鈥