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ChristianaCare and Highmark venture seeks to revolutionize care delivery
ChristianaCare, based in Wilmington, Del., and Highmark Health announced a joint venture to develop and deploy data- and technology-driven solutions and virtual capabilities to improve health outcomes, efficiency and experience for their patients, plan members and providers.
AHA blog: Charity care only part of hospital’s community benefit
A study published this month in Health Affairs on the charity care provided by tax-exempt hospitals fails to recognize that charity care is only one part of a hospital’s total community benefit, writes AHA General Counsel Melinda Hatton.
CMS grants certain quality reporting exceptions for Texas winter storms
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services granted certain quality reporting exceptions to Texas acute-care hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, prospective payment system-exempt cancer hospitals, inpatient psychiatric facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities in counties affected this year by severe winter storms.
CMS to award $80 million in navigator grants for plan year 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will award a record $80 million in navigator grants to help consumers enroll in health coverage through the federal health insurance marketplaces in plan year 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services announced.
AHA podcast: Rural medical center recaps year of COVID-19 challenges
Alvin Hoover, CEO of King’s Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven, Miss., looks back at a year of challenges wrought from COVID-19, including the system’s strategic and operational shifts, issues facing rural providers, and the joy of distributing vaccines to the community.
AHA honors federal health care leaders
The AHA presented two federal hospital leaders with 2020 awards recognizing their outstanding service to the health care field. Air Force Brig. Gen. John Bartrum, mobilization assistant to the deputy surgeon general, received the Award for Excellence. Air Force Lt. Col. Jason Richter, medical support squadron commander and medical group administrator at Aviano Air Base Ambulatory Surgical Center in Italy, received the Special Achievement Award
Coalition launches initiative to promote health care worker well-being
The AHA joined #FirstRespondersFirst, the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, American Medical Association, American Nurses Foundation and Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare in launching All In: Wellbeing First for Healthcare, a call to action for health care organizations to prioritize workforce well-being.
Biden announces 200 million COVID-19 vaccines milestone reached, urges paid leave for unvaccinated
President Biden announced that the nation has administered its 200 millionth COVID-19 vaccine dose, a milestone reached earlier than projected when vaccines were first authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration.
AHA shares with congressional leaders priorities to include in infrastructure legislative package
The AHA shared with Senate and House leaders the association’s recommendations for infrastructure investments that should be included in an upcoming legislative package to ensure hospitals and health systems are fully equipped to care for their communities now and into the future, as well as respond to any future public health emergency.
The importance of cybersecurity in protecting patient safety | Cybersecurity | Center
A HIGH-LEVEL GUIDE FOR HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM SENIOR LEADERS. Health care organizations continually face evolving cyberthreats that can put patient safety at risk.