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Overall hospital prices increased 0.1% in March and were 0.4% higher than a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported yesterday.

From a young age, pets play a major role in many of our lives. Studies show people have a special bond with their pets, often considering them a best friend or family member.

The Senate last night voted 92-8 to pass of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, H.R.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services tomorrow will begin releasing held Medicare Physician Fee Schedule claims, paying them on a first-in, first-out basis at the reduced rate required u

Community groups can apply through June 16 for a portion of $1 million in grants for projects to support the flow of health information to a wide range of health care providers at the community lev

Hospital emergency departments have improved pediatric readiness based on self-reported compliance with national guidelines, according to new

Between 2010 and 2013, health plans and clinicians reported 949 breaches of protected health information that affected at least 500 people, most resulting from overt criminal activity, according to

Health care and community organizations, including hospitals, will participate April 16 in the eighth annual National Healthcare Decisions Day.

Health care providers can apply through April 17 to participate in the third ICD-10 testing sample with Medicare Administrative Contractors and the Common Electronic Data Interchange contractor.

The Class of 2017 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year.

Nine national hospital organizations, including the AHA, today again expressed support for bipartisan legislation to permanently replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate formula.

“While the evidence is in some respects limited, there is little doubt that information blocking is occurring and that it is interfering with the exchange of electronic health information,&rd

The nation has made clear progress in improving the health care delivery system to achieve the three aims of better care, smarter spending and healthier people, according to the 2014 National Healt

Secretary of State John Kerry today signed a memorandum of understanding with the African Union Commission to create an African CDC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Senior health care leaders can apply through June 1 to participate in the next AHA Health Care Transformation Fellowship, a nine-month program designed to give participants knowledge, tools and con

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a proposed rule that w

The AHA and four other national organizations representing members of the psychiatric-provider community this week urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to include in the Inpat

States last September reported enrolling more than 4.6 million newly eligible adults in Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act’s new adult eligibility group, according to

Hospital prices in February were just 0.4% higher than in February 2014, according to the latest