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The Health Resources & Services Administration recently released a guide to help rural hospitals and other health care providers together identify and address the health needs in their communities.
More than 230,000 people have enrolled in the All of Us Research Program since it opened last May, 175,000 of whom have completed the core protocol, according to an update on the program published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
When invited to play a larger role in their own care, many patients welcome the chance — and results show that patient engagement, in turn, improves outcomes.
HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center urged health care organizations to install patches to protect their Windows systems against DejaBlue.
Public or nonprofit rural organizations can apply through Nov. 25 for funding to support integrated rural health care networks.
A typical family of four with large employer health coverage spent $7,726 on premiums and cost sharing in 2018, according to an analysis released this week.
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the important role AHA member hospitals and he
Thirteen states yesterday filed a lawsuit challenging a Department of Homeland Security final rule limiting the ability of legal immigrants to adjust or extend their immigration status or gain full citizenship based on their prospective receipt of public benefits.
Beginning with open enrollment for plan year 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will require all health insurance exchanges to display its star rating for each qualified health plan.
Currently available public hospital quality rating systems frequently offer conflicting results, which may mislead stakeholders relying on the ratings to identify top-performing hospitals.
The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems today named as its next president and CEO Becky Hultberg, who currently serves as president and CEO of the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed the voiding of a rule that included Medicare and private insurance payments when calculating the hospital-specific limit on Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments.
The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force yesterday released for comment a draft recommendation that primary care clinicians screen all adults for illicit drug use, including nonmedical prescription drug use.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released the first in a new series of free online training courses to help health care organizations prevent and control infections.
The AHA today urged the Department of Health and Human Services not to finalize certain proposed revisions to a 2016 final rule implementing the Affordable Care Act’s nondiscrimination protections for patients.
Patients receiving either of two investigational treatments for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had a greater chance of survival than those receiving two other treatments as part of the clinical trial.
A California law that limits the size of bills from out-of-network physicians for care delivered in hospitals has changed the negotiation dynamics between hospital-based physicians and payers.
John O’Brien will soon depart his position as senior advisor for drug pricing reform.
The Department of Homeland Security today released a final rule limiting the ability of legal immigrants to adjust or extend their immigration status or gain full citizenship based on their prospective receipt of public benefits.