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AHA and its Institute for Diversity and Health Equity at the 38th National Association of Health Services Executives (N.A.H.S.E.) Annual Education Conference in Atlanta hosted Understanding Bias in Black Maternal Health, which included a screening of 鈥淭oxic: A Black Woman鈥檚 Story.鈥
As the role of the board in quality and performance improvement comes into focus, additional support and education in QAPI will ensure that all patients receive safe, high-quality care.
For more than a decade, the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act, more commonly known as the 鈥淪tark Law,鈥 has protected the Medicare program from unfettered growth in physician-owned facilities and further expanding their practices of selecting the healthiest and most profitable patients, driving up鈥
Time and time again, it鈥檚 been proven that non-profit hospitals more than earn their tax-exempt status by providing benefits determined to best serve each community.
Today we鈥檙e proud to share some recent AHA resources surrounding behavioral health.
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal wants you to believe that many of our nation鈥檚 emergency departments are incapable of caring for children.
Emerging research has confirmed what hospitals and health systems have been saying again and again and again 鈥 that 2022 was among the most financially challenging year the hospital field has experienced, and that recovery remains challenging.
A recent paper funded by the objective-sounding organization the 鈥淣ational Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation鈥 adds to the growing list of commercial health insurer-backed, bias-riddled research aimed at diverting attention away from that industry鈥檚 troubling practices. This鈥
The American Society for Health Care Risk Management will host the鈥疉SHRM23 Annual Conference鈥疧ct. 1-4 in Minneapolis. This conference brings together professionals from across the health care risk management sector.
The Medicaid program now faces the most significant coverage challenge in more than a decade. Consequently, over the past few months, hospitals have started to see a substantial increase in uncompensated care.