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The AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to protect patients’ access to care when it implements Sec. 603 of the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act.
The AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to protect patients’ access to care when it implements Sec. 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.
The AHA today told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that it strongly supports creating an efficient and effective infrastructure for health information exchange that facil
The administration will ask Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to prepare for and respond to Zika virus here and abroad, the White House
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Friday proposed changes to the confidentiality rule for substance use disorder records to facilitate health information exchange while
Some people who were unable to enroll in 2016 coverage through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace due to failure to reconcile their 2014 advance premium tax credit may be eligib
While drug shortages are declining, too many lifesaving drugs and treatments remain scarce as a consequence of the larger issue of health care supply-chain shortages, AHA President and CEO Rick Pol
April 1 is the deadline to apply for the Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued updated guidelines for tes
Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and its health subcommittee today sent a
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to consider provider experience to d
About 12.7 million Americans selected a 2016 health plan during open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplaces, the Department of Health and Human Services
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.47% in January to a seasonally adjusted 5,023,700 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mary Ellen Pratt, CEO of St. James Parish Hospital in Lutcher, LA, will lead the AHA's Constituency Section for Small or Rural Hospitals in 2016.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today examined the recent surge in prices for certain drugs.
The Institute of Medicine will convene a Feb.
Margaret Wagner Dahl, a trustee for WellStar Health Network, an accountable care organization in Atlanta, will chair the AHA's 2016 Committee on Governance.
The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration is offering scholarships for qualified members to take the Certified in Healthcare Human Resources examination.
Hospitals participating in the inpatient and outpatient quality reporting programs can preview their overall hospital quality star rating through Feb.