2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winner Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center (CAMC) Health System began its Baldrige journey 15 years ago, because it “had an absolute obligation
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a notice with comment period that disc
The Department of Veterans Affairs today issued an interim final rule revising medical regulati
The Measure Applications Partnership, which must review most Medicare quality and performance measures before formal rulemaking, has published a
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking comment on its proposed measure of 30-day, all-cause unplanned readmission following psychiatric hospitalization in an inpatient psychiat
Rural health care providers should be integrated into Medicare’s public reporting and value-based payment programs, recommends a recent
“This is an exciting time,” writes AHA Chairman Jonathan Perlin, M.D., in a
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation will review and answer questions about the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model during a 60-minute w
The AAMI Foundation has released a free compendium designed to help hospitals and health care organizations meet The
About 1.6 million people have selected a health plan through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace since the start of open enrollment Nov.
The Institute for Diversity in Health Management and Health Research & Educational Trust encourage all hospitals to complete a survey about their efforts to address health care disparities and
The AHA is accepting nominations through Dec. 7 for its 2016 NOVA Awards.
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to increase the number of hospit
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued a safety announcement alerting health care providers to the possibility that the coating on certain intravascular medical devices may separate and
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks comments on a draft ICD-9-CM code list for hip fracture diagnoses that it has developed in connection with its new payment
The Department of Health and Human Services today released a notice with the Medicaid and Child
Nearly four in 10 people – 39% – know someone who has been addicted to prescription painkillers, including 25% who say it was a close friend or family member and 2% who acknowledge thei
A quarter of privately insured working-age adults say their health care is unaffordable, according to the latest Commonwealth Fund Health Care Affordability
A new white paper from the AHA Workforce Center provides resources to help hospitals transform their workforce along the care continuum.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted this weekend to approve model state-level legislation to ensure health insurance provider network adequacy.