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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday extended the moratoria in certain counties on new home health agencies and ground ambulance suppliers in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program. The affected counties are in the Chicago, Detroit, Dallas, Houston,鈥
Anthem Inc. plans to acquire Cigna Corp. for $54.2 billion in cash and stock, the health insurers announced today. The combined company would have about 53 million medical members, merging Anthem鈥檚 Blue Cross and Blue Shield presence in 14 states and Medicaid Amerigroup brand in 19鈥
The AHA yesterday presented two federal health care leaders with awards for outstanding service in the health care field. Retired Brig. Gen. Charles Potter, United States Air Force, who served as director of Manpower, Personnel and Resources and chief of the Medical Service Corps in the Office鈥
The AHA has extended to July 31 the deadline for all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey. The free web-based survey helps AHA measure the impact of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program on hospitals and advocate for needed changes. For more information on the RACTrac鈥
The AHA seeks nominations through Oct. 9 for its 2016 Hospital Awards for Volunteer Excellence. Hospital CEOs and directors of volunteer services are encouraged to nominate outstanding volunteer programs in the areas of community service, fundraising, in-service needs or challenges, and community鈥
The AHA yesterday presented two federal health care leaders with awards for outstanding service in the health care field. Retired Brig. Gen. Charles Potter, United States Air Force, who served as director of Manpower, Personnel and Resources and chief of the Medical Service Corps in the Office of鈥
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today held a hearing on 鈥渁chieving the promise of health information technology.鈥 In a statement submitted for the record, AHA said it recommends using existing structures in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health鈥
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today approved by voice vote the AHA-supported Protecting Our Infants Act (H.R. 1462). The bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Rep.
The AHA generally supports the direction of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 proposed rule revising managed care regulations for Medicaid and the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program, and urges the agency to continue to be mindful of the need to strike the appropriate鈥
The AHA Board of Trustees has elected as its chair-elect designate Eugene 鈥淕ene鈥 Woods, president and chief operating officer of CHRISTUS Health in Irving, TX. He will assume the AHA chairmanship in 2017. Woods joined CHRISTUS Health in 2011 and is responsible for overseeing its acute,鈥