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The uninsured rate declined in 42 states in 2014, and adults in 21 states were less likely to go without care due to cost, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund. The share of low-income adults who were uninsured dropped at least three percentage points in every state except鈥
AHA is preparing to launch its fifth Schedule H Project to help the association advocate for needed improvements to the form and support hospitals鈥 commitment to providing community benefits. Tax-exempt hospitals will be encouraged to submit a copy of their 2013 (and 2014, if available)鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a video reviewing ICD-10-CM coding basics. On the video, Nelly Leon-Chisen, director of coding and classification at the AHA, and Sue Bowman, senior director of coding policy and compliance at the American Health Information Management鈥
Hospitals this week joined in celebrating National Influenza Vaccination Week, created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to highlight the importance of flu vaccination into the holiday season and beyond.
The recent wave of increases in the cost of prescription drugs is straining hospital budgets and squeezing patients, hospital and other health care witnesses Dec. 9 told the Senate Aging Committee at a hearing on 鈥渟udden price hikes鈥 in off-patent drugs.Witnesses cited huge cost鈥
The House of Representatives last night passed by unanimous consent AHA-supported legislation (S. 1461) that would delay through December 2015 enforcement of direct supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services provided in critical access hospitals and certain small, rural hospitals鈥
The AHA, Catholic Health Association of the United States and Association of American Medical Colleges today urged the Internal Revenue Service to publicly confirm that hospitals may report expenditures for clean and safe housing on Part I of their 2015 Schedule H forms. 鈥淲e are aware of the鈥
The recent wave of increases in the cost of prescription drugs is straining hospital budgets and squeezing patients, hospital and other health care witnesses today told the Senate Aging Committee at a hearing on 鈥渟udden price hikes鈥 in off-patent drugs.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today held a hearing on several health care-related bills, including the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2713). Introduced by Reps.
More than 2.8 million people have selected a health plan through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace since the start of open enrollment Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today. Nearly two-thirds of the plan selections were by 2015 enrollees鈥