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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will provide an update on ICD-10 implementation during a National Provider Call Aug. 27 at 2:30 p.m. ET. Experts from the AHA and American Health Information Management Association also will offer coding guidance and tips during the call. To register鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today proposed a new payment model that would bundle payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery. Under the proposed five-year Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model, the hospital in which the joint replacement鈥
The nation must make rapid progress on developing secure, efficient sharing of health information, not only for improving care, but also for engaging patients and supporting new models of care, according to a report released today by the AHA鈥檚 Interoperability Advisory Group. The report notes鈥
Prescription drug prices were 5.3% higher in May than a year ago, by far the highest growth rate for any health care category, according to the latest Economic Indicators from Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending.
The AHA鈥檚 Health Research & Educational Trust today announced it will create an online community designed to help strengthen care transitions. 鈥淗uddle for Care,鈥 funded by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, seeks to accelerate the dissemination of ideas鈥
Hospitals are taking more aggressive privacy and security measures to protect and safeguard patient data, according to the 17th annual HealthCare鈥檚 Most Wired survey, released today by the AHA鈥檚 Health Forum subsidiary and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. For鈥
Only 9% of U.S. adults consumed the recommended daily amount of vegetables and 13% the recommended amount of fruit in 2013, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Results varied widely by state, with Californians having the highest intake for鈥
The AHA July 7 sharply criticized a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report examining Medicare Part B spending at disproportionate share hospitals (DSH) participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
More than a decade ago, people walking around Sacramento鈥檚 downtown business area were accustomed to seeing unconscious figures passed out on sidewalks.Paramedics often would gather up inebriated people and bring them to Sutter Medical Center鈥檚 emergency department (ED). Or police would鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its proposed rule for the physician fee schedule for calendar year 2016. CMS proposes a payment increase of 0.5%, as required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.