As a result of California’s declared state of emergency due to the coronavirus, as well as a large number of speakers and attendees who were compelled to cancel their participation due to travel restrictions, the ABA and the Health Law Section have made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s 21st Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Healthcare (EMI), scheduled for March 11-14, 2020. Health system leaders will tout their investments in technology and transformation, as the US health industry works to catch up to the rest of the digital economy. While Republicans made strides in 2017, they have not fully delivered on their campaign trail promise to "repeal and replace" the ACA. In particular, the fast-evolving … All registration fields are required. 1. AMN Healthcare's Healthcare News covers the latest healthcare news, views and features within the healthcare workforce industry including healthcare staffing, nurse staffing and physician staffing. Healthcare professionals must be prepared to navigate the following issues. The Department of Health and Human Services identified access to healthcare as an objective for its Healthy People 2010 and Healthy People 2020 initiatives. Ineffective training for the legal functions conducted by nonlawyers in the healthcare system and limited evaluation of the impact of law are two barriers legal epidemiology seeks to remove. Under PPACA, reimbursement rates have changes, resulting in a significant lowering of reimbursements for some healthcare providers and increasing rates for other providers. 5 top issues for the healthcare industry in 2018 John Gregory | December 12, 2017 | Care Delivery PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC) Health Research Institute expects “persistent risks and uncertainties” to impact healthcare in 2018, ranging from policy changes under the Trump administration to how artificial intelligence (AI) will change workflows, according to PwC’s annual industry issues report . Efforts to lasso health care costs puts increasing pressure on staff to do more with less. Limited resources force tough choices in quality of care. The legal research reports listed below by topic provide commentary and recommended resources on issues and events. These reports are provided for reference purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. These reports are provided for reference purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. Antitrust Issues. Here are the top five health care policy issues to watch for in 2018: Affordable Care Act "Repeal and Replace" Expect Congress to make at least one last push to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Medical errors No one knows exactly how many people are killed each year by medical errors, but it is in the hundreds of thousands in the United States and tens of thousands in the United Kingdom. 7. A leading medical ethicist lists his top 5 ethical issues in medicine today and in the near future. Politicians will float many bold plans for transforming the industry. Personnel shortages ranked second. 5 Ethical Issues in Healthcare 1. The healthcare industry is facing many changes that pose new challenges to healthcare organizations big and small. Health care professionals continually face ethical and legal issues in the workplace, putting them at risk for burnout. IHA offers resources to assist general counsel, attorneys and other hospital staff on … The U.S. healthcare industry is looking less like a special case, a large segment of the U.S. economy with its own unique quirks, and is beginning to behave like other industries, according to "Top health industry issues of 2019: The New Health Economy comes of age," the 13th annual healthcare report from consulting giant PwC.