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Reps. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) and Dave Loebsack (D-IA) last night introduced AHA-supported legislation (H.R. 2878) that would extend through calendar year 2015 the enforcement delay on direct supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services provided in critical access hospitals and rural鈥
Accountable care organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2014 or later may apply in July to participate in the ACO Investment Model, which offers prepaid shared savings to encourage ACOs to form in rural and underserved areas. Hospital participants must be critical鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services anticipates that the July update to the Hospital Compare website will include performance data reported voluntarily by critical access hospitals, the agency told AHA, quickly responding to an AHA letter expressing 鈥渄eep disappointment鈥 that the鈥
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration yesterday advised its staff to review potential hazards for musculoskeletal disorders related to patient and resident handling, bloodborne pathogens, workplace violence, tuberculosis and falls when inspecting hospitals and nursing homes in鈥
The AHA and its Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate are surveying hospitals through July to catalog their efforts to improve hospital discharge transitions as part of Project ACHIEVE, a study funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to evaluate the effectiveness鈥
A Health Research & Educational Trust video on preventing dialysis-related infections through patient engagement has won the grand prize in the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Film Festival. The video is part of an Agency for Healthcare Research and鈥
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled 6-3 that subsidies can continue for the purchase of health insurance for qualified individuals in the 34 states where the federal government operates health insurance exchanges.Plaintiffs in the case King v. Burwell had challenged the validity of the subsidies,鈥
The House Committee on Veterans鈥 Affairs today held a hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs鈥 current budget, which reportedly faces a $2.6 billion shortfall. In a letter to the committee, AHA urged Congress to reject any requests by the department to redirect funding鈥
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today held a hearing on the AHA-supported Protecting Our Infants Act (S.799/H.R. 1462).
The House Appropriations Committee yesterday voted 30-21 to approve legislation that would provide $153 billion in discretionary funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related agencies in fiscal year 2016, $3.7 billion less than this year. Among other鈥