Drug spending per member for public health insurance exchange plans sponsored by Express Scripts clients increased 14% in 2016, driven by increases in both unit costs and use, according to a new
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Beginning this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Ebola Training & Education Center will offer two free training workshops on emerging infectious disease prepare
The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (
National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn yesterday
Nearly 16.2 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Dec.
H. Robert Cathcart, administrator at Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Hospital for 43 years until his retirement in 1991, and a health care leader who helped shape AHA policy, died earlier today in Waverly, a Philadelphia suburb. He was 92.
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney today released the president’s budget blueprint to federal agencies for review, which includes draft top-line numbers for discretionary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks input through March 28 on a draft pediatric care model concept for children and youth covered by Medicaid and the State Children’s Healt
Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, M.D., will address the 2017 AHA Annual Membership Meeting, on Monday, May 8.
Many people receiving buprenorphine to treat opioid addiction fill prescriptions for other opioids during or after treatment, according to a
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a free webinar March 16 on str
Iowa hospitals generate more than 127,000 jobs that add nearly $6.8 billion to the state's economy, according to a new
Smart affiliation strategies and smart federal policies will be critical to the survival of many non-urban hospitals, says AHA board member William “Bill” Carpenter III, chairman and CE
Today, draft legislative language became public regarding potential Affordable Care Act repeal and replace legislation that may be con
The AHA and Federation of American Hospitals today expressed strong opposition to the Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act (H.R.
The AHA today strongly urged the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to “draw upon data and experience from the field” before proposing policy changes to the new Merit-based Incentive
The Nashville Health Care Council yesterday hosted a health care policy dis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week released a report summarizing 2014 data on health