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Hospitals can apply for ASPR funding to create pediatric disaster care centers

Hospitals and health systems may apply through Aug. 27 for a portion of $3 million in funding to create Pediatric Disaster Care Centers of Excellence to enhance pediatric care during public health crises.

CMS reports on risk-adjustment program results for 2018 benefit year

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday released a report on the final estimated results of the permanent risk-adjustment program for the 2018 benefit year.
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We Need Your Help to Protect Patients from Surprise Bills, Reject Rate Setting

House Energy & Commerce Committee could mark up its bill after Independence Day recess  Leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee may move
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Action Alert: We Need Your Help to Protect Patients from Surprise Bills, Reject Rate Setting

Leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee may move to mark up the No Surprises Act – draft bipartisan legislation focused on ending surprise billing – as soon as Subcommittee members return from the Independence Day recess the week of July 8.

Competency-Based Governance Enters the Health Care Boardroom

Trustee Articles
In 2009 the AHA’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Trustee Core Competencies identified two sets of competencies that focused on the knowledge, skills and personal capabilities needed by trustees of hospitals and health systems to govern effectively.

Governance of Physician Organizations: An Essential Step to Care Integration

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This report shares findings from a study of governing physician organizations in developing systems of care. The study is among the first to explore this work from the perspective of physicians, who talk candidly about issues and challenges and provide insights about the evolution of physician involvement in governance and leadership at a historic moment of change in health care.

Recruiting a More Diverse Board

Trustee Articles
As governing boards seek greater diversity in ethnicity, race, and gender, they face a significant challenge: how to successfully recruit women and minorities with pertinent professional backgrounds and governance skills, while other not-for-profits and corporations seek directors from the very same pool of candidates.

What to Ask Prospective Board Members

Trustee Articles
Elaine Zablocki found that recruiting more minorities and women to the board takes new ways of thinking about, recruiting and orienting directors.

Term Limits for Board Members

Trustee Articles
The current challenges of healthcare governance have given rise to a growing debate about the issue of term limits for hospital and health organization board members. Are term limits a restrictive practice that leads to the loss of badly needed board talent, or are they an essential way of keeping boards from becoming stale and ineffective?

Bringing Competencies into Governance: Systems Helping Systems

Trustee Articles
As health care organizations become more complex and diverse, their governance requires individuals with a range of knowledge, skills and behaviors that can address the needs and challenges of these evolving enterprises. As their organizations mature, effective boards update how their members are selected, often moving away from informal, relationship based board composition to a more intentional, competency-based process.