Organizations team up for United Against the Flu campaign
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and several other health care organizations are teaming up with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to...
Hospice Compare goes live
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released Hospice Compare this week. The data published on the site represents data collected from October...
Nursing Home Compare: Six New Quality Measures Publicly Reported
In April 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began posting data for six new quality measures on Nursing Home Compare. There are four new short stay measures and two new long-stay measures.
We are united against the flu
National Influenza Vaccination Week is Dec. 3-9 and the Association is united in promoting the importance of getting a flu shot. It’s not too...
Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program
The IMPACT Act mandates a quality reporting program for skilled nursing facilities. For federal fiscal year 2018 (FY18), SNFs that do not report required quality data to CMS will have their market basket updates reduced by two percent.
Use safety when viewing solar eclipse
Excitement is building for the much-anticipated total solar eclipse that will be passing over the United States on Monday August 21st, between 1:00pm –...
Revised requirements for health care facilities for reducing Legionella risk
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS), Quality, Safety and Oversight Group (QSO) recently released a revised memo on the requirements of a health...
Monument Health Rapid City Recognized with Equity of Care Award
The American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE) announced that Meritus Health in Hagerstown, Md., Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital...
AHA releases an updated community health assessment toolkit
The American Hospital Association (AHA), through its Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI), has updated its community health assessment toolkit. The toolkit offers a...
CMS launches quality website for doctors and other clinicians in rural areas
CMS recently launched a new section on the Quality Payment Program dedicated to doctors and other clinicians working in small or rural practices as...
