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Northwell Health Sept. 18 hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who recognized staff at the health system’s Staten Island University Hospital for their ongoing efforts to support his nation’s medical providers amid Ukraine’s war with Russia.
AHA’s chief nursing officer and chief physician executive encourage hospitals and health systems to ensure the questions asked on licensing, credentialing and other applications don’t perpetuate stigma or deter team members from seeking behavioral health services when needed.
The Centers for Medicare the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 18 finalized select provisions in its proposed rule to streamline Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollment.
Certain policy decisions and challenges in implementing the No Surprises Act have undermined the unbiased and timely process Congress intended and contributed to a higher-than-anticipated volume of disputed claims, AHA told the House Ways and Means Committee in a statement submitted for a hearing …
The AHA and American Medical Association Sept. 17 urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to affirm a district court decision that invalidated a No Surprises Act final rule that favors insurers in the independent dispute resolution process and threatens serious harm to the law’s patient…
The Food and Drug Administration will accept comments through Nov. 17 on draft guidance for labeling proposed biosimilar and interchangeable biosimilar products.
Joint Commission announces voluntary hospital certification program for environmental sustainability
The Joint Commission in January will launch a voluntary certification program to help U.S. hospitals accelerate their sustainable practices and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
AHA encourages hospitals and health systems to apply by Sept. 29 for its 2024 Quest for Quality Prize, which recognizes significant progress toward achieving the National Academy of Medicine’s six health care quality aims: safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient-centered care.
The AHA’s American Organization for Nursing Leadership affiliate has elected as its 2024 president-elect Ena Williams, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut.
The president of NorthShore Highland Park Hospital discusses her team’s coordinated response to a mass shooting during the 2022 July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Ill., and how the hospital supported the community and health care staff.