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NAM committee kicks off study on clinician burnout, well-being
A National Academy of Medicine committee studying the causes of clinician burnout, consequences for clinicians and patients, and interventions to support clinician well-being and resilience yesterday held its first public meeting in Washington, D.C.
Senate sends opioid package to president
The Senate today passed by a vote of 98-1 the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, the final House and Senate
Senate passes Opioid Crisis Response Act
The Senate Sept. 17 passed the Opioid Crisis Response Act, a substitute amendment to the House-passed opioid package (H.R. 6).
AHA, hospital leaders announce 340B Good Stewardship Principles
Leaders from the AHA and individual 340B hospitals today came together to announce new principles for ensuring good stewardship of the 340B program. The new AHA-led initiative seeks to strengthen the 340B program by increasing transparency while helping 340B hospitals better publicly communicate the value of the program for vulnerable patients and communities.
Congress urged to include Part 2 bill in final opioid package; new IMD bill
More than 100 organizations, including the AHA, yesterday urged House and Senate leaders to include the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act (H.R. 6082) in the final agreement on opioid legislation.
Study: Hospital outpatient departments treat sicker, poorer patients
Medicare patients who receive care in a hospital outpatient department are likely to be poorer and have more severe chronic conditions than Medicare patients treated in an independent physician office, according to a study released today and prepared for the AHA.
Senators urge CMS to reconsider proposal to expand site-neutral policies
Forty-eight senators Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reconsider its proposal to expand certain site-neutral payment policies to grandfathered off-campus hospital provider-based departments in calendar year 2019.
NLRB urged to reestablish limits on using employer’s email for union organizing
The AHA and Federation of American Hospitals today urged the National Labor Relations Board to consider hospital electronic communication systems as a virtual “patient care area,” and to reestablish a previous NLRB standard that would lawfully permit hospital employers to limit employees’ use of these systems.