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The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice July 19 released for comment through Sept. 18 updated guidance () describing how the agencies’ review mergers and acquisitions to determine compliance with federal antitrust laws.
Main Line Health in Bryn Mawr, Pa., yesterday received the 2023 AHA Quest for Quality Prize for its systemwide approach to quality, safety and equity. Atlantic Health System in Morristown, N.J., and University of Chicago Medicine also received Citations of Merit.
During the July 17 Leadership Summit afternoon plenary session, RealClearPolitics Associate Editor and Columnist A.B. Stoddard moderated a panel with AHA leaders, including Stacey Hughes, executive vice president of government relations and public policy; Ashley Thompson, senior vice president of…
Futurist Ian Morrison moderated a plenary discussion on the future of health care transformation with Janice Nevin, M.D., president and CEO of ChristianaCare in Wilmington, Del.; Terika Richardson, chief operating officer of Nashville-based Ardent Health Services; and Warner Thomas, president and…
AHA Chair-elect Joanne Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health in Lebanon, N.H., opened the afternoon plenary session during Day 2 of the Summit, discussing how the unknowns of COVID-19 forced hospitals and health systems to quickly improvise and innovate.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted training slides that partners can use to educate communities about the need for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollees to renew their coverage and how to find other coverage if they are no longer eligible.
AHA today voiced support for the Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act (S.1636/H.R. 3440), legislation that would make permanent several telehealth flexibilities provided during the public health emergency.
The AHA July 17 presented its 2023 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award to Meritus Health in Hagerstown, Md.; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J.; and Rapid City (S.D.) Hospital (Monument Health) for their outstanding efforts to advance diversity, inclusion and health…
The AHA Board of Trustees elected as its chair-elect designate Christina (Tina) M. Freese Decker, president and CEO of Michigan-based Corewell Health. Freese Decker will serve as chair-elect in 2024 and become AHA chair in 2025.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack July 16 opened the 2023 AHA Leadership Summit in Seattle discussing the similarities of hospitals to Seattle’s famous innovators solving a problem and improving a service, such as Amazon, Starbucks and Boeing.