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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday awarded $63 million in
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should delay implementing the site-neutral provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 until it can provide fair and equitable payment to hospit
The AHA supports a number of proposals in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year 2017 that would expand Medicare beneficiarie
The AHA last week expressed support for The Sustaining Healthcare Integrity and Fair Treatment Act (H.R.
The AHA last week expressed support for the Independence at Home Act (S. 3130), which would make permanent a Medicare demonstration program that provides primary care to patients at home.
The AHA last week urged the Illinois Supreme Court to reverse an appellate court decision that rejected as unconstitutional the state’s property tax exemption standard for hospitals.
The Department of Health and Human Services today published an interim final rule that adjusts for
Tomorrow is the last day that hospitals can recertify for the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday awarded $2.4 million in funding to Chicago, Ho
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.21% in August to a seasonally adjusted 5,102,100 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The AHA earlier this week expressed its support for legislation that would make permanent a Medicare demonstration program that provides primary care to patients at home.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced an error in calculating Clostridium difficile infection performance during the first two quarters of 2014.
The Department of Health and Human Services today announced that it will distribute $53 million in funding to 44 states
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late this afternoon issued a proposed rule on the notice
A coalition of organizations, including the AHA, is urging Senate action on mental health reform legislation when Congress returns next month from its summer recess.
The Food and Drug Administration today recommended universal testing of donated whole blood and blood components for Zika virus in the U.S. and its territories.
Implementing the site-neutral provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act on Jan.
The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals’ proposal to reduce the appeals backlog at the Administrative Law Judge level is likely “to do little more than scratch the surface of the pr
Medicare Accountable Care Organizations qualified for more than $466 million in shared savings in 2015 by meeting quality standards and their savings threshold, the Centers for Medicare & Medic