AHRQ has accepted a notification of voluntary relinquishment from The Georgia Hospital Association Research and Education Foundation Patient Safety Organization (GHA-PSO) of its status as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO). The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act), Pub. L. 109-41, 42 U.S.C. 299b-21--b-26, provides for the formation of PSOs, which collect, aggregate, and analyze confidential information regarding the quality and safety of health care delivery. The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Final Rule (Patient Safety Rule), 42 CFR part 3, authorizes AHRQ, on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, to list as a PSO an entity that attests that it meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for listing. A PSO can be ``delisted'' by the Secretary i...
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Life in the gap," the time between general knowledge of the health care reform bill and its more specific implementation by 2014, was a recurring topic at this week's Oklahoma Hospital Association convention. The 91st such gathering wraps up Friday at the Cox Convention Center, where about 900 hospital administrators, employees, volunteers and others gathered to take a collective look at their industry. In addition to the event serving as a yearly educational session, it provided timely brainstorming on hospitals' future within health care reform, said Craig Jones, president of the Oklahoma Hospital Association.
More than four decades ago, the Federal Government established Medicare to provide health coverage for older Americans. The bill was signed by Lyndon Baines Johnson. He came from a State I know pretty well. [Laughter] When I came into office, I found a Medicare program that was outdated, a Medicare program that was not meeting the needs of America's seniors.
Hospital Association Patient Safety Committee Reaffirms Goals SEATTLE and MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash., April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire- USNewswire/ -- The Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) and Premera Blue Cross are endorsing today's announcement by President Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius of the National Patient Safety Initiative. The initiative is called "Partnership for Patients: Better Care, Lower Costs." The two organizations have reaffirmed their ongoing commitment to pursue excellence in providing safe, quality health care for the people of Washington State.
NAPERVILLE, Ill., and SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 16, 2011 / PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Illinois Hospital Association (IHA) President Maryjane A. Wurth issued the following statement about the Governor's FY2012 state budget proposal, which includes a $552 million reduction in Medicaid funding (from a 6 percent rate reimbursement reduction) for hospitals, nursing homes, and many non- institutional providers. The Illinois Hospital Association and hospital community recognize that the state faces serious financial challenges and that the Governor and General Assembly must make difficult decisions in the upcoming budget process. But we are deeply concerned that the proposed cuts to the Medicaid program will have a devastating impact on the well-being of hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans and ...
A bed tax proposed by the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association is a distant Plan C in the Legislature as lawmakers look to overhaul AHCCCS, but the trade group is hoping it might win by default if lawsuits block the state from cutting its Medicaid program. With the House expected to act soon on a budget plan already approved by the Senate, AzHHA President Laurie Liles acknowledged that her organization may not have enough time to drum up the legislative support needed to get the super-majority required to approve a tax increase. Republican leaders have declared the plan dead on arrival, and no lawmaker has even agreed to run the proposal as a bill.
The Hospital Industry Wants to Shift the Cost of Care onto the Elderly by Convincing Congress to Raise Medicare Eligibility from Age 65 - 67 BOSTON, Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of the Massachusetts Senior Action Council (MSAC), along with other health care and consumer advocates, will hold a demonstration today at 1 p.m. outside the Boston offices of the Massachusetts Hospital Association to protest the industry's recently announced campaign to push Congress to raise the age for Medicare eligibility from age 65 to 67. This proposal would do nothing to reduce healthcare costs but instead shifts the cost burden onto the elderly in Massachusetts, who are already struggling to maintain their health and well being under the current system. The MSAC has called for the dem...
The Hospital Industry Wants to Shift the Cost of Care onto the Elderly by Convincing Congress to Raise Medicare Eligibility from Age 65 - 67 BOSTON, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of the Massachusetts Senior Action Council (MSAC), along with other health care and consumer advocates, will hold a demonstration today at 3 p.m. outside the Boston offices of the Massachusetts Hospital Association to protest the industry's recently announced campaign to push Congress to raise the age for Medicare eligibility from age 65 to 67. The industry is seeking the change to boost their profits by shifting the health care cost burden onto the elderly in Massachusetts, who are already struggling to maintain their health and well being under the current system. The MSAC has called for th...
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