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Sen. Susan M. Collins (R-ME) accepted the AHA Honorary Life Membership Award for her contributions to hospitals and health care in America. Collins, who chairs the Senate Special Committee on Aging and is a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has鈥
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma today discussed a number of efforts underway at the agency, including many to reduce regulatory burdens on providers.
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The timing of the AHA Annual Membership Meeting presents a 鈥渞eal opportunity to talk with your members of Congress about what you are doing back home,鈥 specifically how hospitals are improving value and affordability, coping with escalating drug prices and working at the front鈥
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AHA Chair Nancy Howell Agee yesterday said that the health care field needs 鈥渢o transform鈥 and 鈥渇ind ways to deliver care that provides value and is affordable.鈥
In her investiture address at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting, Agee spoke about the AHA鈥檚 Value Initiative and鈥
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AHA today presented its Distinguished Service Award to C. Duane Dauner, special advisor and former president and CEO of the California Hospital Association. The award, the AHA鈥檚 highest honor, recognizes significant lifetime contributions and service to health care institutions and鈥
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AHA today presented its Justin Ford Kimball Innovators Award to Nicholas Wolter, M.D., retired CEO of Billings (MT) Clinic. The award, which was presented at the AHA鈥檚 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., recognizes people or organizations that have developed or introduced an鈥
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AHA today presented a 2018 Award of Honor to Sister Carol Keehan, president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association of the United States. The award, which was presented at the AHA鈥檚 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., recognizes exemplary leadership contributions in major health鈥
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AHA today presented a 2018 Award of Honor to Ronald Peterson, president emeritus of the Johns Hopkins Health System and special advisor to the dean/CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine. The award, which was presented at the AHA鈥檚 Annual Meeting in D.C., recognizes exemplary leadership鈥
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Health care is facing a period of unprecedented transformation as new entrants seek to disrupt the field and reduce friction for patients, providing an opportunity for hospitals and health systems to reimagine and redefine themselves for the future, AHA President and CEO Rick鈥
Oral arguments today in a federal appeals court case brought by the AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges, America鈥檚 Essential Hospitals and three hospital organizations to challenge a nearly 30% reduction to Medicare payments for 340B drugs focused on procedure issues.