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The AHA invites applications through Jan. 22 for the 2016 Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership. Named after AHA President Emeritus Dick Davidson, the annual award honors a state, regional or metropolitan hospital association that demonstrates exceptional鈥
Any stay in the hospital or visit to a clinic can be tough on children and their parents, but San Diego Zoo Kids TV hopes a little fuzzy company makes it easier to handle.The commercial-free kids program runs on televisions in 16 children鈥檚 hospitals around the country. Sanford Health鈥檚鈥
Baxter International Inc. recently recalled certain lots of two intravenous solutions distributed to U.S. customers and distributors between June 6 and Dec. 16, which may contain particulate matter, the Food and Drug Administration reports. The company directed customers not to use product from the鈥
More than 8.6 million people selected a 2016 health plan between Nov. 1 and Jan. 2 in the 38 states using HealthCare.gov for open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplaces, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today. The total includes about 83,000 people who signed鈥
About one in four adults under age 65 say they or someone in their household had problems paying medical bills in the past year, according to a survey released yesterday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. More than half of individuals who identified as uninsured said they had problems paying鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week extended California's Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver through 2020. Building on a 2010 waiver, the renewed waiver allows the state to extend its safety-net care pool for five years and test a new global payment system for鈥
Field unity. It鈥檚 the key to success in a tough legislative and regulatory environment, says AHA Chairman Jim Skogsbergh.He says unity is essential, whether in fighting legislative proposals to cut hospitals鈥 Medicare and Medicaid funding or in taking on policies that drown hospitals in鈥
A recently released AHA TrendWatch report offers guidance to post-acute care (PAC) providers and their partners as they evaluate new models of care delivery and payment.鈥淭hese providers face an increasingly complex regulatory and market environment as health care transforms from a system that鈥
The AHA Jan. 4 said it 鈥済enerally supports鈥 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 (CMS) proposed rule revising discharge planning requirements for hospitals, critical access hospitals (CAH) and home health agencies.
The AHA yesterday said it generally supports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 proposed rule revising discharge planning requirements for hospitals, critical access hospitals and home health agencies.