AHA today voiced support for the Improving Access to Emergency Psychiatric Care Act (S. 599), bipartisan legislation to extend the Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration Program.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday temporarily withdrew guidance for state survey agencies regarding the use of blood glucose strip meters in hospitals and other health care
About 16.4 million uninsured adults have gained health coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces and provision allowing young adults to remain on a parents plan
Hospital prices fell 0.1% in January compared to a year ago, the first such decline in at least 23 years, according to the latest
The Government Accountability Office Friday released data from its survey on sources of funds used by state
The Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care has extended its TV buy for another week, as Congress continues to negotiate a physician payment fix.
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation tomorrow will host the first in a series of Open Door Forums on its Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model.
AHA board member Bruce Bailey’s hospital career transpired in an unexpected way.
The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, today admitted for treatment an American heal
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed new contracts for Medicare recovery audit contractors violate contracting requirements under the Federal Acquisition Regulations, th
The nation’s three leading credit reporting agencies have agreed to wait 180 days before reporting medical debt on a consumer’s credit report and to remove the debt from the report afte
Overall hospital prices increased 0.4% in February, and were 0.4% higher than a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
The Food and Drug Administration today issued final guidance for makers of reusable duoden
Hospitals paid under the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system can
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A new AHA guide offers hospital leaders a model for hospital-based violence intervention that can be tailore