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The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey, available today through Oct. 16.
A new guide from the AHA’s Hospita
The House Judiciary Committee today voted 18-10 to approve the Standard Merg
The Senate voted 78-20 today to pass a continuing resolution funding most federal programs at their current levels through Dec. 11.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee today approved by voice vote the Protecting Our Infants Act (S.799/H.R.1462).
Congress should be skeptical of certain research cited by America’s Health Insurance Plans at a recent hearing on “competition in the health care marketplace,” AHA said today in a
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute this week
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today awarded $22.8 million in grants to 24 stat
Oct. 11 is the deadline to apply for the 2016 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize.
Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana “would further concentrate an already heavily concentrated health insurance industry by eliminati
Two Senate committee chairmen and 116 members of the House this week asked the Department of Health and Human Services to refrain from finalizing Stage 3 Meaningful Use requirements for the Medicar
Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana “would further concentrate an already heavily concentrated health insurance industry by eliminati
The U.S. Senate last night approved by unanimous consent AHA-supported legislation (S.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should do more to ensure that Medicare Advantage organizations offer adequate provider networks to meet enrollees’ needs, according to a new <
Representatives from selected non-federal initiatives working to facilitate electronic health record interoperability say key challenges include insufficient standards, variation in state privacy r
The Department of Health and Human Services today awarded $68
A new National Academy of Medicine program will review the state of health disparities in the United States and identify examples of community-based solutions to address them.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response has
ECRI Institute will convene a free leadership conference Nov. 17-18 in Bethesda, MD, on issues surrounding cancer care delivery in the transforming health care system.
Health care providers who are unable to demonstrate meaningful use under the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs because they switched EHR vendors during the program y