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Promoting Better Health for Mothers and Babies Across the Continuum of Care is designed to help hospital-based clinicians 鈥 working with community-based providers and other stakeholders 鈥 improve access to care and reduce health inequities for expectant and new mothers.
View a map of the United States Five-Year Maternal Mortality Ratio: 2013-2017 on which you can select to view the data by state or region.
Improving maternal safety and outcomes in the U.S. is a top priority for hospital and health systems. While the field has worked hard to improve outcomes, we must continue to pursue advancements in maternal care. Mothers can be at risk from the first days of pregnancy through the postpartum period鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 11 issued a proposed rule that would update the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2020. In accordance with the statutory mandate in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA of 2018), last year鈥檚鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 10 issued a proposed rule that would establish a new alternative payment model (APM) for radiation oncology (RO) services delivered to Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries. The RO model would test whether prospective, bundled鈥
Update on Key Issues in the Behavioral Health Care Field: July 2019
Newsletter highlighting AHA resources, advocacy updates, and more regarding behavioral health.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) July 10 announced five new CMMI payment models aimed at transforming kidney care so that patients with chronic kidney disease have access to high-quality, coordinated care. The proposed End-鈥
The House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee this week is expected to mark up the No Surprises Act 鈥 draft bipartisan legislation focused on ending surprise billing. A full Committee markup could then quickly follow.
This presentation highlights the AHA Center for Health Innovation鈥檚 Market Insights report on telehealth.
PLEASE NOTE: This previously issued Advisory has been updated to reflect that, as urged by AHA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted additional time for hospitals and health systems to ensure that they comply with these 鈥渆xact match鈥 requirements. (Updated text is鈥