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Nearly 642,000 physicians and other professionals participated in the Physician Quality Reporting System in 2013, a 47% increase from 2012 and about half of those eligible to participate, according to a new report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued recommendations to prevent HIV and hepatitis C outbreaks among people who inject drugs. As of April 21, CDC and Indiana officials have identified 135 people newly diagnosed with HIV in a small Indiana community, most of whom reported…
About 100 employers, including hospitals, have committed to increasing access to training opportunities for front-line workers through a presidential initiative to help workers advance their skills and wages, the White House announced today at a summit on the Upskill Initiative.
May 1 is the final day that all hospitals can submit first-quarter 2015 data to the RACTrac survey. Hospitals are asked to complete the survey even if they did not experience recovery audit contractor activity during the quarter. The free web-based survey helps AHA measure the impact of Medicare's…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today released a proposed rule updating Medicare fee-for-service payments for the inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system for fiscal year 2016. The regulation would implement a net payment increase of 1.7%, or $130…
The Veterans Choice Program tomorrow will begin using driving distance to determine the distance between a veteran’s residence and the nearest VA medical facility, according to an interim final rule issued today by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence will host a webinar May 6 on community health needs assessments. In addition to identifying priority health needs and aligning partners and resources to address community needs, CHNAs are a vital tool for informing population health management. On…
The Illinois Hospital Association and Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council yesterday announced their intention to merge to better serve their members and the patients and communities they serve. IHA Board Chair Dean Harrison, president and CEO of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, and MCHC…
Senior health care leaders may apply through June 1 to participate in the next AHA Health Care Transformation Fellowship, a nine-month program designed to give participants knowledge, tools and connections to transform their health care organizations. Through in-person learning retreats, webinars,…
Acute-care hospitals participating in the Inpatient Quality Reporting Program must report fourth-quarter 2014 data for health care personnel flu vaccination and certain infection measures to the National Healthcare Safety Network by May 15. The infection measures include intensive care unit data on…