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COVID-19: New Remdesivir Allocation; ED Use Decline
Jun 30, 2020 ||HHS has acquired additional remdesivir to be sold at wholesale allocation price; CDC reports declining emergency department use during the pandemic and updates its list of conditions that increase risk of serious illness from COVID-19.
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CMS Provides Details on Ambulance Service Model Application
May 28, 2019 ||The agency released a request for applications on the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport model for emergency ambulance services. The new model encourages treatment for Medicare beneficiaries outside the emergency department.
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New Payment Model For Emergency Ambulance Services
Feb 19, 2019 ||The Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport model for emergency ambulance services encourages treatment for Medicare beneficiaries outside the emergency department.
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CDC Study, Webinar Focus on ED Opioid Overdoses
Mar 12, 2018 ||A new CDC study finds a 30 percent increase in opioid overdose–related emergency department (ED) visits; the agency will host a webinar on coordinating clinical and public health responses to opioid overdoses treated in EDs.
view more »Essential Hospital Launches Mobile ED
Jan 31, 2018 ||Grady Memorial Hospital, in Atlanta, deployed the state-of-the-art mobile medical unit in an effort to free up hospital emergency department space for acute-care patients as flu season heats up.
view more »Essential Hospitals Tackle Housing Instability
Jan 26, 2018 ||JPS Health Network and Bon Secours Baltimore Health System recently visited Capitol Hill to tell their stories of innovative housing and care coordination programs to help the chronically homeless.
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Free Housing Helps Homeless Patients Achieve Better Health
Sep 6, 2016 ||The UI Health program aims to help the city's chronically homeless reach stability and reduce health care costs by providing them with permanent homes.
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Site-Neutral Provisions in Proposed OPPS Rule
Jul 12, 2016 ||
The proposed rule would implement Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act, which reduced payments for new, off-campus hospital outpatient departments.
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Calif. Hospitals Launch Initiative To Reduce Repeat ED Visits
Jun 30, 2016 ||Six Northern California hospitals, including two association members, are using a shared database of emergency department patients' health records to promote consistent care across providers.
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America’s Essential Hospitals backs lifesaving services in our communities. Here’s how.
Jan 26, 2015 ||Association's new online magazine adds human-focused, emotional storytelling to its public policy, education, performance improvement, and research offerings.
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Hope and a Home for Acute-Care Dialysis
Aug 12, 2014 ||Harris Health System has developed a quick triage model and best practices to care for a growing number of acute-care dialysis patients in the Houston area.
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Emergency Care: Systems Integration and Care Coordination
Dec 29, 2013 ||These recent Health Affairs studies discuss the importance of coordinated emergency care, both on the system and patient level.
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Strategies to Improve ED Overcrowding
Apr 15, 2011 ||
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