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Hospitals and health systems, health care practices, community-based organizations and others can apply until March 31 to participate in a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation model that will test whether access to health-related social services reduces health care costs and use of鈥
Fuji has issued revised manual reprocessing instructions for its ED-530XT duodenoscope to replace those provided in the original device labeling, the Food and Drug Administration reports. Health care facilities using the duodenoscope should train staff on the new validated instructions and鈥
In an AHASTAT blog post today, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack challenges a recent New York Times column suggesting there is a 鈥渉idden financial incentive鈥 behind shorter hospital stays and lower readmissions.
The World Health Organization last week declared the end of Ebola virus transmission in Guinea. Under modified U.S.
The International Hospital Federation has issued the latest edition of its World Hospitals and Health Services journal, which focuses on end-of-life care practices. For more information, visit www.ihf-fih.org.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week published a Request for Information related to certification of health information technology, including electronic health record products used for reporting to CMS quality programs such as the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting鈥
Hospitals will need adequate time to develop and operationalize policies and procedures for implementing requirements under the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act, AHA told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in comments submitted today.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week issued a final rule establishing a prior authorization process for certain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies that are 鈥渇requently subject to unnecessary utilization.鈥 According to CMS, the鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued its draft letter to insurers describing 2017 certification requirements for Qualified Health Plans in federally-facilitated marketplaces or the Small Business Health Options program, similar to policies outlined in its proposed鈥
President Obama signed into law on Dec. 18 AHA-supported legislation (S. 1461) that delays through December 2015 enforcement of direct supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services provided in critical access hospitals and certain small, rural hospitals. The bill passed the House of鈥