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Health care providers can apply through April 17 to participate in the third ICD-10 testing sample with Medicare Administrative Contractors and the Common Electronic Data Interchange contractor.
The Class of 2017 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year.As Indiana University (IU) Health鈥檚 chief nurse executive and a nationally recognized nursing leader, Michelle Janney brings the voice of nursing and patients to the AHA board 鈥 and a commitment to improving鈥
Nine national hospital organizations, including the AHA, today again expressed support for bipartisan legislation to permanently replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate formula. 鈥淗.R. 2 will move physicians toward payment based on value rather than volume, a change that has鈥
鈥淲hile the evidence is in some respects limited, there is little doubt that information blocking is occurring and that it is interfering with the exchange of electronic health information,鈥 according to a report released Friday by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health鈥
The nation has made clear progress in improving the health care delivery system to achieve the three aims of better care, smarter spending and healthier people, according to the 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report, released Friday by the Agency for Healthcare Research and鈥
Secretary of State John Kerry today signed a memorandum of understanding with the African Union Commission to create an African CDC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today. 鈥淭he West African Ebola epidemic reaffirmed the need for a public health institute to鈥
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit Friday partially upheld a district court鈥檚 preliminary injunction preventing the state of Missouri from imposing certain additional substantive requirements on certified application counselors who facilitate enrollment in exchanges authorized鈥
Senior health care leaders can apply through June 1 to participate in the next AHA Health Care Transformation Fellowship, a nine-month program designed to give participants knowledge, tools and connections to transform their health care organizations. To apply, click here .
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a proposed rule that would modify the reporting period for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Program in 2015 to a 90-day period aligned with the calendar year and provide additional flexibilities,鈥
The AHA and four other national organizations representing members of the psychiatric-provider community this week urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to include in the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting program two measures recently supported by the Measure鈥