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House bill would increase funding for Hospital Preparedness Program
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CMS issues guidance for states proposing Medicaid work requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued policy guidance for states proposing demonst
CDC reports 50% drop in CLABSIs since 2008
Hospitals reduced central line-associated bloodstream infections by 50% between 2008 and 2016, according to a new progress
Reducing addiction, promoting competition FDA priorities for 2018
The Food and Drug Administration today announced four priority areas for additional policy activi
House Energy and Commerce Committee releases 340B report
The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday released a report on
CDC, alliance events focus on nuclear readiness
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a Public Health Grand Rounds session Jan. 16 at 1 p.m.
AHA Section for Maternal and Child Health names 2018 leaders
Charlotte Ipsan, chief administrative officer of Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Louisville, KY, will serve as 2018 chair of the AHA’s Section for Maternal and Child Health Council.
CMS announces advanced APM bundled payment model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will accept applications through March 12 for a new voluntary bundled payment model that will qualify as an advanced alternative payment model under
President issues executive order to promote access to rural broadband
President Trump today issued an executive order directing federal agencies to “use all viable tools to ac
CMS extends Maryland All-Payer Hospital Model through 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week
AHA supports MedPAC’s proposed hospital updates, urges PAC changes
The AHA this week applauded the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s draft recommendation to provide positive updates for the inpatient and outpatient prospective payment systems in 2019, noting
AHA psychiatric constituency section names 2018 leaders
Mary Lou Mastro, system CEO for Edward-Elmhurst Health in Naperville, IL, is 2018 council chair of the AHA’s Constituency Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services.
Obituary: Health care leader Ed Eckenhoff
Ed Eckenhoff, founder and former president and CEO of the Washington, DC-based MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH), and a tireless advocate for the disabled, died yesterday after a battl
Hospital groups notify court of appeal of 340B case
The American Hospital Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges and America's Essential Hospitals today formally notified the court of their intent to
Senate HELP Committee holds hearing on opioid crisis
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today held a he
Senate Finance Committee holds hearing for HHS secretary nominee
The Senate Finance Committee today held
Study: Nearly half of hospital participants have left bundled payment initiative
Only 12% of eligible hospitals signed up for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative and 47% of them dropped out within two years, accordi
AHA Committee on Governance names 2018 leaders
David Hyman, DDS, a board director for Hartford (CT) HealthCare, will chair the AHA's 2018 Committee on Governance.
ONC issues draft framework for trusted health information exchange
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today released for comment a
FDA expects IV saline, amino acid supplies to increase in coming weeks
Intravenous saline and amino acid drug supplies should begin to increase in the next few weeks as manufacturing facilities in Puerto Rico ramp up production,