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How to improve care for high-need, high-cost patients
A new AHA issue brief offers resources and strategies to improve care for “high-need, high-cost patients” – adults who have three or more chronic diseases and functional limitations in their abilit
Hospitals add 4,500 jobs in September
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.09% in September to a seasonally adjusted 5,127,200 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
House committee passes bills to extend CHIP funding, reduce EHR burden
The House Energy and Commerce Committee last night voted 28-23 along party lines to approve
IPAB repeal bill clears House committee
The House Ways and Means Committee yesterday voted 24-13 to approve
AHA, AAMC express support for 340B program
The 340B Drug Pricing Program “has enabled hospitals and health systems to support and expand access and services consistent with their mission and the program’s original and ongoing charge,” the A
AHA recommends federal actions to address opioid crisis
Eliminating the Medicaid Institutions for Mental Disease exclusion for adults under age 65 would help improve access to treatment for those with severe or complex substance use disorders, AHA told
House bill to roll back NLRB 'joint employer' decision clears committee
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce yesterday voted 23-17 to approve legislatio
Hospitals to begin using QualityNet to submit meaningful use attestations
Beginning on Jan.
HHS activates prescription assistance program for Puerto Rico
The Department of Health and Human Services has activated its Emergency Prescription Assistance
Senate committee passes bill to extend CHIP funding for five years
The Senate Finance Committee today approved by voice vote legislation to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2022.
AHA urges action to address flawed OIG hospital audits
In a letter this week, the AHA again urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid S
HHS webinar Oct. 18 on hurricane/flooding recovery
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will host an Oct.
Energy and Commerce leaders unveil bill to extend funding for CHIP
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) last night unveiled a
HHS implements tiered hurricane relief strategy for hospitals in Puerto Rico
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday
HHS withdraws three proposed rules, including drug payment model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today officially withdrew its proposal t
Study: EDs treated more than 704,000 firearm injuries over decade
More than 704,000 people arrived alive at a hospital emergency department for treatment of a firearm-related injury between 2006 and 2014, resulting in an annual financial burden of $2.8 billi
OIG calls for expanding use of claim codes for certain replacement devices
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should continue to work with national standards body X12 to include the new unique device identifier on its next version of health care claims forms
Hospitals treat victims from Las Vegas mass shooting
Area hospitals treated victims from a mass shooting at an outdoor concert last night in Las Vegas that left at least 58 dead and more than 500 injured.
CMS releases additional changes to Worksheet S-10 instructions
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday released additional
VA proposes to allow providers to practice telehealth across state lines
The Department of Veterans Affairs today published a proposed rule that would allow any VA health care p