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Rick Pollack, AHA’s president and CEO, issued a statement in response to the shooting that took place on the campus of Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla.
The Government Accountability Office May 26 announced the appointment of five new members to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, along with two reappointed members
On the start of Pride Month, the AHA shared new resources.
The COVID-19 virus can be especially dangerous for women during pregnancy.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accepting submissions for a special supplement to Public Health Reports on strategies for reducing health disparities and accelerating progress toward health equity
The FDA, CDC, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced a potential link between a recent multistate hepatitis A outbreak and organic strawberries.
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday announced it is establishing an Office of Environmental Justice.
The AHA today released a report describing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on behavioral health in the U.S.
The AHA expressed deep concern that CMS's proposed market basket adjustment and productivity reduction do not reflect hospitals’ actual costs or productivity losses during the pandemic.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a notice of funding opportunities for collaborations between multisectoral partners to develop implementation-ready social determinants of health accelerator plans.
A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report offers guidance on the preexposure use of the JYNNEOS smallpox and monkeypox vaccine for individuals at risk for occupational exposure to orthopoxviruses.
According to a report by Kaufman Hall, hospitals faced decreases in both patient volume and revenue in April.
AHA Trustee Mary Beth Kingston, Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer at Advocate Aurora Health, invites organizations to participate in this national day of awareness that unites hospitals, health systems, nurses, doctors and other professionals on social media to highlight programs and other violence prevention initiatives.
Learn how Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego transformed behavioral health care for children.
HHS today withdrew the Trump Administration rule, as advocated by the AHA.
Health care providers who received approval to submit a late report for Period 2 must do so by June 14.
AHA urges Congress to provide support as hospitals contend with an exhausted workforce, backlogs of care deferred by the pandemic, cracks in the supply chain and a tsunami of financial challenges.
The webpage offers resources to help during the formula shortage.
Abbott has recalled certain Dragonfly OpStar imaging catheters because a marker band may remain in the patient after use.
AHA responds to a recent article in which certain employer groups and health plans claim hospitals are seeking to raise their prices due to rising labor costs.