Recently announced health insurance company acquisitions should be closely scrutinized, because they “would leave consumers with fewer – and no doubt – more expensive options for
The AHA’s Workforce Center yesterday participated in a Department of Labor summit for leaders in the ApprenticeshipUSA initiative, which aims to double the number of registered apprenticeship
The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment model could help further hospital efforts to transform care delivery through improved care coordination and financial accountability, the AHA to
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposal to pay explicitly for advanced care planning services under the physician fee schedule will help ensure that Medicare beneficiaries
The AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to withdraw a proposed 3.41% coding cut in its proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system in calendar year 20
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) August 28 ruled that Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan., violated the National Labor Relations Act by denying two nurses’ requests for a union representative when they appeared before its nursing peer review committee, and by failing and refusing to provide information requested by the union relating to the peer review process.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting comments through Sept. 14 on its proposed star rating system for overall hospital-level quality.