Advisory
AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the health care field, and actions they may need to take.
The Food and Drug Administration on April 3 released its draft report outlining a proposed strategy and recommendations on a risk-based regulatory framework for health information technology.
The IRS published in the March 10, 2014 Federal Register two final rules: Information Reporting of Minimum Essential Coverage and Information Reporting by Applicable Large Employers on Health Insurance Coverage Offered Under Employer-Sponsored Plans.
CMS, the CDC, and the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights published in the Feb. 6 Federal Register a final rule under which patients can gain direct access to laboratory test reports, upon their request.
Passed by the Senate on March 31, President Obama is expected to sign into law the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA).
On March 18, a National Quality Forum expert panel released draft recommendations for adjusting health care performance measures to account for sociodemographic factors, such as education, race/ethnicity and/or homelessness. AHA members have the opportunity to submit comments to NQF on the draft…
In recent months, hospitals and health care systems have experienced shortages of normal saline and other intravenous (IV) fluids that are critical to patient care.