The Department of Health and Human Services should not require the health plan identifier and other entity identifier in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act transactions, the AHA to
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More than 140 Medicare-certified hospices will participate in the Medicare Care Choices Model, which will allow eligible Medicare beneficiaries and those dually eligible for Medicaid to receive hos
Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, CO, will receive the 2015 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize on Thursday for its sustainable and pervasive achievements with respect to the Institute
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey by July 24.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today launched a “
Erlanger Health System’s trauma center in Chattanooga, TN, treated a police officer and two Marines who were injured in yesterday’s shooting at a military recruitment center and a reser
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday launched an online collection of federal res
UCLA Health today announced it was a victim of a criminal cyber attack.
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker yesterday alerted a state legislative committee that he intends to accept federal and state funds to expand Medicaid to low-income adults by Sept.
The next members-only Town Hall webcast will be streamed live from the Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit in San Francisco on Thursday, July 23 at 1 p.m. ET.
AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance has released a free webinar 
A hospital and county collaboration called Nuestra Vida (Our Lives) helps Latino residents of New Mexico’s Dona Ana County live a healthier lifestyle with diabetes.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted the first star ratings to Home Health Compare, whi
The American Society for Healthcare Engineering yesterday recognized more than 20 hospitals for the
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing and The National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers are surveying a nationally representative sample of 260,000 registered nurses and licensed
Family caregivers provided an estimated 37 billion hours of care to adult relatives or friends with chronic or disabling health conditions in 2013, according to a
Five hospital-led partnerships to improve community health received 2015 AHA NOVA Awards July 25 at the Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit in San Francisco.
The proportion of uninsured working-age adults declined 7.1 percentage points in 2014 among African Americans, 7 percentage points among Hispanics, 4 percentage points among Asians and 3 percentage
The Department of Health and Human Services offers meritless arguments to avoid an order to abide by the statutory deadlines for Administrative Law Judge review of Medicare claims appeals, the AHA