The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a notice correcting a
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Primary care practices can participate in both the Medicare Shared Savings Program and Comprehensive Primary Care Plus model in certain circumstances, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servic
Up to 116 members of the U.S.
The Department of Defense’s Multidrug-resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network has identified the first bacteria in the U.S.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will host a July 14 webinar on the role of health care coalitions in planning for and coordinating health and medical services du
The Department of Veterans Affairs yesterday published a proposed rule that would allow its advanced practice regis
The Senate last night approved by unanimous consent an AHA-supported
The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration this week issued an
Community Hospital of Monterey (Calif.) Peninsula (CHOMP), part of Montage Health, took action two years ago to address the prescription opioid abuse crisis in its county of some 415,000 residents. The community-wide effort, called Prescribe Safe, has led to a sharp decline in the number of patients coming to the ED because of opioid abuse and in the number of prescriptions for opioid painkillers.
Thousands of uninsured Latino and other immigrants in South Philadelphia’s low-income neighborhoods go to Puentes de Salud (Bridges to Health) for health care, wellness – and hope of a
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a
The National Quality Forum, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Hospital Corporation of America today released a “
Hospitals and health systems support displaying quality information in an understandable and accessible way, but report cards must be designed with care, writes Nancy Foster, AHA vice president of
The Class of 2018 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year.
The House Ways and Means Committee this week passed the AHA-supported Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act, H.R.
The House Ways and Means Committee today approved by voice vote the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act (H.R. 5273).
The number of Americans aged 40 and older who are blind or visually impaired is projected to double by 2050 to more than 8 million as the population ages, according to a
Hospital and health system leaders are invited to apply through June 1 for the AHA’s Health Care System Transformation Fellowship.