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AHA and other national and state hospital and nurse professional associations yesterday urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to overturn a 2015 decision by the National Labor Relations Board that directly threatens the confidentiality of the hospital peer review鈥
The Secretary of Health and Human Services should develop a comprehensive and coordinated planning approach to guide the department鈥檚 health care workforce development programs, according to a report released this week by the Government Accountability Office.
The Illinois Hospital Association and Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council have completed their integration and yesterday announced a new name: the Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA). For more information, visit www.team-iha.org.
Post-acute care providers play an essential role in new care delivery models, but relief from burdensome regulations is needed so they can continue innovations that bring value to patients, a panel of post-acute leaders told congressional staff today at an AHA-sponsored briefing on Capitol Hill.
The AHA yesterday urged the Measure Applications Partnership to use the National Academy of Medicine鈥檚 鈥淰ital Signs鈥 recommendations as a foundation for identifying quality improvement priorities.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards yesterday issued an executive order to expand Medicaid to uninsured low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act beginning July 1. The expansion is expected to cover more than 350,000 residents earning up to 138% of the federal poverty level, or $16,242 a鈥
Nearly 8.7 million people selected a 2016 health plan between Nov. 1 and Jan. 9 in the 38 states using HealthCare.gov for open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplaces, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported today. The total includes more than 74,000 people who signed鈥
Post-acute care (PAC) providers play an essential role in new care delivery models, but relief from burdensome regulations is needed so they can continue innovations that bring value to patients, a panel of PAC leaders told congressional staff Jan. 13 at an AHA-sponsored briefing on Capitol Hill.鈥
The National Academy of Medicine today released a conceptual framework for how social risk factors may influence health care use, outcomes and costs in Medicare payment and quality programs.
The AHA today recommended several changes to the Federal Communications Commission鈥檚 Healthcare Connect Fund to enhance participation and access to broadband for rural health care services. Specifically, AHA recommends that the FCC increase the HCF discount percentage from 65% to 85%; allow鈥