Kansas hospitals directly employ 84,210 people and support nearly 68,000 additional jobs in other sectors, according to a new
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At an AHA briefing Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C., hospital and business leaders discussed the many ways hospitals are adapting to a changing health care landscape.
The AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance has released the results of its 2014 National Health Care Governance Survey.
Hospital discharge planning tools should incorporate the judgment of clinicians and be administratively feasible, according to a new AHA
The health care sector added 34,100 new jobs in December and saw upward revisions of 17,800 jobs in October and November, resulting in the highest three-month gain since 2002, according to the late
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued a Frequently Asked Questions do
The Department of Health and Human Services Friday issued a factsheet&
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday released online resources to help hospitals assess and promote healthy food and physical activity options.
The AHA invites applications through Jan. 23 for the 2015 Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership.
The AHA last week expressed its support for the Flexibility in Health IT Report (Flex-IT) Act, H.R. 270, which Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., reintroduced in the new Congress on Jan. 12.
In a letter to staff, Tavenner said the agency has accomplished a lot over the past few years, such as helping to implement the Affordable Care Act and improving operations across the agency.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Health’s local and state partnerships help the five-hospital system educate and enroll individuals in health insurance coverage throughout the communities
Hospitals reduced central-line associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) and surgical site infections by 46% and 19%, respectively, between 2008 and 2013, according to the latest annual report on
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today discussed two topics it expects to make draft recommendations on when it meets in March – hospital short-stay policy issues and next steps in me
The AHA today urged lawmakers to refrain from altering the Medicare graduate medical education financing structure to reduce direct or indirect payments to hospitals that train physicians and other
After five years at CMS, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner today told staff she will leave the agency at the end of February.
Stephen Shortell, a leading health policy educator and researcher, will receive the Health Research & Educational Trust's 2015 TRUST Award
AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock and Kevin Lofton, CEO of Catholic Health Initiatives in Englewood, CO, will receive 2015 Gold Medal Awards from the American College of Healthcare Executives,