The American Hospital Association (AHA) today awarded the Carolyn Boone Lewis Living the Vision award to Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene in Keene, N.H., for its work to improve the health of its community through actions that go beyond traditional hospital care.
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The American Hospital Association (AHA) today named Jeffrey A. Goldman vice president for coverage policy for the national association representing America's hospitals.
We are pleased to support Senator Roger Wicker's (R-MS) bill, S. 1555, to delay for two years funding cuts to the Medicare and Medicaid Disproportionate Share (DSH) programs.
Today, CMS tried but failed to provide the hospital field with much needed information on the two-midnight policy.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has selected eight new members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning January 1, 2014. In addition, the board appointed one new member to fill a one-year vacancy.
Today's rule finalizes many of CMS's proposals. While we continue to believe the coding cuts imposed by the American Taxpayer Relief Act are unwarranted, we appreciate CMS's policy of gradually phasing in the reduction beginning in FY 2014.
The American Hospital Association's Board of Trustees has elected Jonathan B. Perlin, M.D., president of clinical and physician services and chief medical officer of the Nashville-based HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) as its chair-elect designate.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) presented Captain Padden and Commander Case with awards recognizing their outstanding service to the health care field.
The Florida Hospital Association (FHA) and the Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) are the 2013 recipients of the Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership for their work to improve health care quality, the American Hospital Association (AHA) announced today.
SAN DIEGO (July 22, 2013) – Four U.S. hospitals are being recognized for their leadership and innovation in quality improvement and safety.
American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize Recognizes Hospital Leadership and Innovation in Quality Improvement and Safety.
The latest announcement by the administration is troubling for those individuals who will not gain coverage through their employer.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) announced today that it will honor five programs for their hospital-led collaborative efforts that improve community health, awarding them the AHA NOVA Award. The awards will be given July 22 at a ceremony during the Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit in San Diego.
Only a small fraction of hospitals have been involved in a transaction such as a merger or acquisition between 2007-2012, according to a new report from the AHA and the Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy.
The American Hospital Association is pleased that today's Medicare Trustees Report states that trust fund solvency will be extended by two additional years through 2026.
The AHA strongly supports the Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013 (S. 1012), introduced by Senators Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Roy Blunt (R-MO).
The American Hospital Association is pleased that Marilyn Tavenner has been confirmed as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
We continue to believe that both Medicaid and Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) cuts should be delayed for two years in order to better ascertain whether coverage expansions have been implemented.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today awarded the Carolyn Boone Lewis Living the Vision award to St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, N.Y., for its work to improve the health of its community through actions that go beyond traditional hospital care.
We are pleased to support the DSH Reduction Relief Act of 2013 introduced today by Rep. John Lewis (D-GA).