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Health care leaders are rethinking the logic of quarantining every health care worker after exposure to the coronavirus.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this week issued a memorandum to align CMS policies with recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prev
AONL expressed support for the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020 in a letter to Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill. Underwood introduced the bill along with other legislators and the Black Maternal Health Caucus. The United States has one of the worst maternal death rates in the developed world…
The National Quality Forum (NQF), in collaboration with insurance company Humana, released its latest resource: a guide with strategies health care organizations can use to address food insecurity in their communities.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing March 3 on two substance use disorders (SUD) bills. The Opioid Workforce Act (H.R. 3414/S. 2892) would add 1,000 Medicare-funded training positions to approved residency programs in addiction medicine, addiction psychiatry or pain…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected 205 applicants in 36 states to participate in the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) payment model. The goal of the five-year, voluntary initiative is to provide greater flexibility to ambulance care teams to address the…
To mark this year’s Patient Safety Awareness Week
The American Hospital Association (AHA) Physician Alliance will host
Hospitals with the best nurse work environments have the lowest burnout and highest patient satisfaction rates, according to a recent study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. One way to improve those environments and lower burnout is to attain Magnet designation or…
“We have two ears and one mouth so we can listen twice as much as we speak.” This quote from Greek philosopher Epictetus is the starting point for a recent es