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Guidelines Documenting ICD-10 Codes and Other Sensitive Information in Electronic Health Record
In 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopted new ICD codes to describe human trafficking (HT). These specific HT codes allow healthcare professionals and others to
optimize continuity of care for trafficked persons, determine health needs and effective treatments for HT-related health conditions, track cases of HT to assist in ensuring adequate resources are provided to communities, and inform local and national prevention and intervention policies.
ICD-10-CM Coding for Human Trafficking
he first ICD-10-CM codes for classifying human trafficking abuse have been released. This page provides the latest coding resources.
AHA Comments on the No Surprises Act’s Price Transparency Provisions
AHA urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to align the Hospital Price Transparency Rule with new transparency requirements included in the No Surprises Act.
Fact Sheet: ICD-10-CM Coding for Human Trafficking
ICD-10-CM coding factsheet for human trafficking.
Urge Your Lawmakers to Support Bills to Extend Moratorium on 2% Medicare Sequester Cuts
Alert urging member action to secure congressional support for extending the Medicare sequestration moratorium past April 1.
Environmental Services: Applying Core Competencies During the Pandemic and Beyond
[HR Pulse Article] By Karen Thomas
Since COVID-19 emerged in the United States in early 2020, preventing the spread of infection in health care settings has been a top priority for health care leaders. Amid concerns about the risk of transmitting the virus in hospitals and other care settings, there is at least one piece of good news: Although this coronavirus is new, the techniques for cleaning and disinfecting environmental surfaces are not. And environmental services (EVS) professionals were well equipped to take on the challenge of COVID-19.
Coronavirus COVID-19: AHA Member Resources
The latest COVID-19 updates from the American Hospital Association for its members are included on this page.
Health Equity Grant Program
Safe, equitable and high quality health care for all is the common goal of an innovative partnership between the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE) and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL). To spread this initiative to support underserved communities throughout Illinois, a new partnership grant program was launched in 2020 to help hospitals and health systems expand services related to maternal and child health, pediatric asthma, adult diabetes, breast cancer and geographic disparities, including access to care in rural communities.
Rural Health Special Bulletin: March 11, 2021
President Biden will sign into law today the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which includes a number of provisions that affect hospitals and health systems, as well as a number of policies that will help support rural providers.