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AHA to CMS Re: New COVID-19 Test Documentation Requirement for the DRG Add-On

AHA urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide additional flexibility regarding the agency’s new COVID-19 test documentation requirement for the diagnostic-related group (DRG) add-on payment.

Creating a High-value Telehealth Strategy

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Learn how hospitals and health systems successfully used telehealth to decrease transfers, time spent in the ICU, average cost of care and patient travel time, greatly improving the value of the care they deliver. This free report also offers expert advice on how to start and sustain a telehealth strategy.

A Framework for Analyzing 3 Types of Business Model Disruption

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We have identified three forces as primary disruptors of traditional hospital and health system business models: technology based innovation, market structure transformation and new model organizations.

CDC sees benefit in Kentucky’s COVID-19 tracking tool

Other public health departments might benefit from implementing tools like Kentucky’s Indicator Monitoring Report, which combines multiple data elements to generate a daily COVID-19 status score to systematically assess the state’s mitigation, response and reopening efforts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.

Aug. 27 Leadership Rounds conversation pairs AHA Chair Dr. Melinda Estes with Winona Health CEO Rachelle Schultz

AHA Board Chair Melinda Estes, M.D., will be joined by Rachelle Schultz, president and CEO of Winona Health, for the next in a series of Leadership Rounds — short conversations on a range of key issues Dr. Estes will have with hospital and health system leaders from across the country.

SBA issues rule on Paycheck Protection Program appeals process

The Small Business Administration released an interim final rule, effective immediately, on the process for Paycheck Protection Program borrowers to appeal certain SBA loan review decisions to the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals.

HHS extends to Sept. 13 deadline to apply for emergency funds

The Department of Health and Human Services has extended to Sept. 13 the deadline for applying for its Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund “Phase 2 General Distribution.” The previous deadline was Aug. 28.

CMS issues rule requiring COVID-19 data reporting as Medicare condition of participation

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued an interim final rule that, among other provisions, makes collecting and reporting COVID-19-data a condition of participation for hospitals that participate in Medicare. 

Exploring opportunities for hospital-led race conversations and changes

In this continued discussion, Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of the AHA’s Physician Alliance and interim executive lead for the AHA’s Institute for Diversity an Health Equity, talks with Juana Slade and Anton Gunn about their efforts to learn more about the patients they are serving through REAL data collection, stratification and utilization.
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AHA recognizes Cone Health with 2020 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award

AHA recognizes Cone Health with 2020 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award.