American Hospital Association’s Post

“For more than a year, the AHA has been telling the Office for Civil Rights that its ‘Online Tracking Bulletin’ was both unlawful and harmful to patients and communities. We regret that we were forced to sue OCR, but we are pleased that the Court today agreed with the AHA and held that OCR does not have ‘interpretive carte blanche to justify whatever it wants irrespective of violence to HIPAA’s text.’ As a result of today’s decision, hospitals and health systems will again be able to rely on these important technologies to provide their communities with reliable, accurate health care information,” said Chad Golder, AHA General Counsel regarding a recent District Court ruling. https://ow.ly/AM9H50SohgZ

Happy Fourth of July! Thank you to all the amazing front line health care professionals working to keep our communities safe and healthy every single day.

HHS authorizes five states to provide health care coverage for people transitioning out of incarceration: https://ow.ly/iWcu50SuZUS #AHAToday

HHS announces investigation of MA prior authorization use for post-acute care: https://ow.ly/1EKW50SuZQI #AHAToday

Administration sends letter to hospital, doctor groups on EMTALA enforcement: https://ow.ly/kSOp50SuZOv #AHAToday

To learn more about the AHA Community Health Improvement Community Health Assessment Toolkit and to read other case studies, click on the link.

AHA and Texas Hospital Association win US District Court ruling in HHS bulletins case. Learn more: https://ow.ly/b8lg50SoheX

Slavin chosen to succeed Priselac as next CEO of Cedars-Sinai: https://ow.ly/Yf0w50SuaR0 #AHAToday

AHA comments on CIRCIA’s cyber incident reporting requirements: https://ow.ly/uoxa50SuatT #AHAToday