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UV Safety Awareness Month: How to Protect Yourself and Your Family

This National UV Safety Awareness Month, record heat is impacting many locations throughout the United States. As part of the Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care commitment to protecting patient care and advocating for America’s hospitals and hospital systems, CPAH has put together some tips to keep you and your family safe this summer.  Here’s What

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What You Need to Know About Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH)

UPDATE Aug. 15, 2023: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently unveiled its final Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule for FY 2024, which results in a $957 million cut to DSH hospitals. This astronomical loss threatens hospitals’ ability to continue providing essential services to underserved communities, at a time when millions are losing Medicaid

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Eight Facts You May Not Know About Medicare & Medicaid

Funding for Medicare and Medicaid – programs that provide necessary, quality healthcare to more than 135 million Americans – could be at stake in upcoming debates over the national budget. No other time in history has demonstrated the value of these programs than the last three years. Hospitals are experiencing significant increases in expenses for

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Milestones in Alzheimer’s Research Over the Last 100+ Years

Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia take a terrible toll on the lives of seniors. But medical professionals at hospitals across the country are hard at work developing solutions to help people reclaim their older years. Since the discovery of Alzheimer’s disease in 1906 scientists, hospitals, and healthcare workers have been helping rekindle older patients’

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