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AHA this week joined 30 other organizations in voicing support for the Chronic Care Management Improvement Act, legislation that would remove the 20% cost-sharing requirement for Chronic Care Management services under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
AHA today launched an updated Opioid Stewardship Hub, featuring the latest tools and resources to help hospitals and health systems address the opioid epidemic.
AHA on May 8 will release 鈥淩ebuilding a New Minneapolis: From Tragedy to Transformation,鈥 a short film in which six Minneapolis hospital leaders discuss how the summer of 2020 shaped the future of their work, and how that moment in time impacted their organization.
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first fecal microbiota product taken orally to prevent recurrent C. difficile infection.
In a study of adults hospitalized between February 2022 and February 2023, when the omicron variant predominated, monovalent mRNA vaccination was 76% effective at preventing COVID-19-associated invasive mechanical ventilation and death up to 6 months after the last dose and 56% effective at least鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released two proposed rules focused on ensuring access to services for Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program beneficiaries across fee-for-service and managed care delivery systems.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced changes to its enforcement process for the hospital price transparency rule. CMS said it will now automatically impose a civil monetary penalty if hospitals fail to submit a corrective action plan on time or fail to complete the CAP鈥
A senior executive from Children鈥檚 Hospital Colorado shares how the pediatric health system managed an unprecedented surge in patients with COVID-19, RSV and flu.
Commenting April 25 on a proposed rule implementing statutory changes to how Medicaid calculates the hospital-specific limit for certain Disproportionate Share Hospitals, AHA said it remains concerned that the changes will lower the hospital-specific DSH limit at a time when hospitals can least鈥
AHA on April 26 submitted a statement to the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions for a hearing on ways to reduce health care costs.