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CMS urged to refine proposed alternative to home health case-mix system
AHA Aug. 31 expressed support for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ efforts to develop an alternative to the current home health case-mix system, but urged the agency to continue to refine the proposed patient-driven groupings model to address provider concerns.
How nurse practitioners can improve heart failure outcomes
Plus: a nurse brings a man back to life at a school volleyball game, and it may be time for nurses to learn more about genomics.
Association for Health Care Volunteers Resource Professionals to host 50th annual conference in Chicago
AHA Chair Nancy Howell Agee, former NFL star Charles “Peanut” Tillman and others to headline Sept. 28 - Oct. 2 conference.
AHE CHEST program wins two awards
The AHA’s Association for the Health Care Environment has received two awards for its Certified Health Care Environmental Services Technician program.
CDC releases guidelines for treating pediatric concussion
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday published clinical guidelines for health care providers treating children with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), also known as concussion.
Hospital groups refile lawsuit to reverse 340B payment cuts
The AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges, America’s Essential Hospitals, and three hospital plaintiffs today refiled a lawsuit in federal district court seeking expedited relief from Medicare payment cuts for many hospitals in the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
Ways and Means chairmen urge CMS to further reduce Medicare burdens
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) yesterday sent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma recommendations to further alleviate Medicare administrative and regulatory burdens for hospitals, post-acute care providers and physicians.
Senate passes bill to reauthorize GME program for children’s hospitals
The Senate yesterday approved by unanimous consent AHA-supported legislation to reauthorize the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program, sending it to the president for his signature.
AHA Center for Health Innovation launches
In an effort to further advance health in America, the American Hospital Association today officially launched the AHA Center for Health Innovation to support hospitals and health systems as they respond to and proactively lead change.
CHI’s United Against Violence campaign makes communities safer
Colleen Scanlon, senior vice president and chief advocacy officer for Catholic Health Initiatives, discusses the organization’s widespread efforts to prevent violence in the communities they serve. She said the campaign, which began 10 years ago, demonstrates that real progress in total community health can be achieved when health care providers are open to advocacy – and community collaboration – outside the four walls of a hospital.