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U.S. hospital emergency departments have improved many aspects of pediatric readiness since 2013, based on responses by over 3,600 EDs to a 2021 assessment by the National Pediatric Readiness Project, JAMA Network Open reports
Commenting on proposed Internal Revenue Service regulations to implement Inflation Reduction Act clean energy and energy efficiency incentives, AHA said it generally supports the regulations permitting certain taxpayers to elect a direct cash payment in lieu of credits but recommends changes to鈥
AHA recently voiced support for four bipartisan bills introduced in the Senate to help alleviate the nation鈥檚 chronic and growing drug shortages.
Health care providers must comply with the HIPAA rules with respect to telehealth effective Aug. 9 at 11:59 p.m., when the 90-day enforcement discretion period announced in April expires.
In this podcast, three leaders from rural health care systems agree that every community must find its own unique way to maximize new partnerships and affiliations while maintaining the best possible care for patients.
In a letter to the editor published by Modern Healthcare, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack responds to a recent report on hospital consolidation from Elevance Health 鈥 the large, for-profit commercial insurer formerly known as Anthem that dominates many insurer markets and earned nearly $2鈥
AHA Aug. 9 called the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 $957 million cut to Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospitals for fiscal year 2024 鈥渟imply unacceptable,鈥 citing the agency鈥檚 鈥渞emarkable lack of transparency鈥 in how the inpatient prospective payment system final rule calculates鈥
The Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management, an AHA professional membership group for health care supply chain professionals, presented its George R. Gossett Leadership Award to Dee Donatelli, senior director at symplr Spend, at its annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
鈥淗ealth insurance should be a bridge to medical care, not a barrier. Yet too many commercial health insurance policies often delay, disrupt and deny medically necessary care to patients,鈥 writes AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack in an op-ed today in U.S. News & World Report.
The AHA has elected eight new members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1.