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The Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment, which advises the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the appropriate level of supervision for hospital outpatient therapeutic
The AHA today awarded its 2015 Shirley Ann Munroe Leadership Award to Vince Oliver, CEO and superintendent of Island Hospital in Anacortes, WA.
Island Hospital, a 43-bed county hospital in rural Anacortes, Wash., (population 16,000) is a healthy hospital building a healthier community.
Hospitals are making “substantial progress in improving safety,” according to a Dec.
Hospitals are making “substantial progress in improving safety,” according to a new report fr
The White House today released a federal action plan to accompany its updated National HIV/
Children’s Health Insurance Program plans and qualified health plans sold in the Health Insurance Marketplaces offer beneficiaries different levels of financial protection and benefits, accor
The number of new cases of diabetes diagnosed in the U.S.
Six organizations representing Missouri health care providers are urging their members to adopt a core set of actions&
2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winner Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center (CAMC) Health System began its Baldrige journey 15 years ago, because it “had an absolute obligation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a notice with comment period that disc
The Department of Veterans Affairs today issued an interim final rule revising medical regulati
The Measure Applications Partnership, which must review most Medicare quality and performance measures before formal rulemaking, has published a 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking comment on its proposed measure of 30-day, all-cause unplanned readmission following psychiatric hospitalization in an inpatient psychiat
Rural health care providers should be integrated into Medicare’s public reporting and value-based payment programs, recommends a recent
“This is an exciting time,” writes AHA Chairman Jonathan Perlin, M.D., in a
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation will review and answer questions about the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model during a 60-minute w
The AAMI Foundation has released a free compendium designed to help hospitals and health care organizations meet The
About 1.6 million people have selected a health plan through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace since the start of open enrollment Nov.
The Institute for Diversity in Health Management and Health Research & Educational Trust encourage all hospitals to complete a survey about their efforts to address health care disparities and