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Best Practices for Balancing Transparency While Avoiding Liability Following the RaDonda Vaught Criminal Verdict

This webinar will discuss the implications of the RaDonda Vaught trial and what risk management can do to support individual providers and help eliminate mistakes and workarounds.

AHA-supported bill to aid small rural hospitals introduced in Senate 

Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, last week introduced a Senate companion to the Rural Hospital Support Act.

FY 2023 proposed rule for skilled nursing facilities would cut payments to offset new payment model

The rule would decrease aggregate Medicare spending by $320 million compared with FY 2022. 

AHA blog: Report on hospital community benefits misses mark

Responding to the Lown Institute’s latest report on hospital community benefits, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack notes that financial assistance is only one part of a hospital’s total community benefit.

CDC reports increase in most sexually transmitted diseases in 2020

CDC today reported a 15% increase in syphilis among newborns in 2020, as well as a 7% increase in syphilis and 10% increase in gonorrhea in other Americans.

Lown Institute Report on Hospital Community Benefits Misses Mark

All hospitals and health systems, regardless of size, location and type of ownership, are dedicated to caring for their patients and communities in a wide variety of ways.
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White House Launches New Initiative to Reduce Medical Debt Burden

The Vice President today announced several new actions from across the federal government aimed at learning more about the scope of medical debt practices, reducing the role that medical debt plays in accessing credit, forgiving low-income verterans’ medical debt, and improving consumer education around medical billing and financial assistance.
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No Surprises Act Implementation Handbook

The No Surprises Act established new patient protections against balance billing in certain circumstances, as well as put into place a number of other provisions that will change how providers and health plans engage with patients and each other with respect to price and coverage transparency, as well as billing. The following implementation guide is intended to help hospitals and health systems understand the new provisions in the law and corresponding regulations.
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White House Releases Executive Orders Aimed at Addressing High Drug Prices

President Trump today signed three executive orders aimed at lowering the price of prescription drugs. The first executive order seeks to pass federally-qualified health center (FQHC) insulin and EpiPen discounts directly to their patients.

ASHE Academy 2022: Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM) Exam Review Program

Gain insight on CHFM exam content and preparation techniques.