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CMS issues factsheets on 2019 Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued factsheets on changes to the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program for calendar year 2019.

Ralph Muller to receive AHA Distinguished Service Award

The AHA will present its Distinguished Service Award to Ralph Muller, CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting April 8 in Washington, D.C.
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AHA Letter to CMS Re: Potential Changes to Future Versions of the Star Ratings Reported on Hospital Compare

AHA provides input to CMS regarding potential future changes to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital overall star ratings system.

To see progress on value, we must look locally

In this AHA Stat Blog post, Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s The Value Initiative, shares how hospitals and health systems have made substantial efforts to improve quality outcomes, resulting in meaningful progress in providing high-value, affordable and person-centered care.

Nurse Watch: Two school nurses save life of a parent in cardiac arrest

Also in this roundup of nurse-related news: a chief nursing officer retires after seeing hospital through 50 years of changes, achievements; and executive moves in the field.

Perspective: Is “Medicare for All” the Right Answer?

As a politically practical matter, we need to focus on finding consensus to improve the system we have rather than subject the nation to yet another polarizing debate on health care. 

House leaders release legislative package to expand health coverage

House leaders today unveiled the Protecting Pre-existing Conditions and Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2019 – a legislative package designed to build on the Affordable Care Act to expand health insurance coverage for individuals and protect patients with pre-existing conditions.