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The AHA today urged the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to distribute the recent Ebola emergency funding as Congress i
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has asked the Measure Applications Partnership to conduct an accelerated review of an ad hoc
AHA today encouraged the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to refine its draft strategic plan for health information technology to clarify and prioritize federal
Medicare will cover annual lung-cancer screening with Low Dose Computed Tomography for Medicare beneficiaries who meet certain criteria, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Employment at the nation's hospitals increased by 0.2% in January to a seasonally adjusted 4,824,000 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
A Tennessee legislative committee yesterday rejected an alternative to Medicaid expansion proposed by Gov. Bill Haslam.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers have recently introduced a spate of AHA-backed legislation that supports small and rural prospective payment system (PPS) hospitals and critical access hospitals (CA
AHA-supported legislation introduced late yesterday in the House and Senate would permanently extend add-on payments for ambulance services in rural areas, which are set to expire March 31.
A group of organizations, including The US Oncology Network owned by McKesson, is urging Congress to enact site-neutral payment policies for services performed in hospital outpatient departments.
AHA today recommended specific changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program to encourage accountable care organizations to invest in the infrastructure necessary to successfully take on risk.
A recent cyber attack against health insurer Anthem’s information technology system serves as a potent reminder to hospitals and other health care organizations of the importance of ongoing i
Nearly 7.5 million consumers selected or were re-enrolled in a health plan through HealthCare.gov between Nov. 15 and Jan.
Legislation to revamp Medicare’s telehealth legislation should address several statutory restrictions that stand in the way of modernizing coverage and payment for telehealth services, the AHA last
President Obama’s call for deep funding cuts to hospital care “are bad medicine for our nation’s seniors and other vulnerable patients,” AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdensto
The AHA and nine other national hospital groups today urged Congress to oppose any additional Medicare and Medicaid cuts to payments for hospital services to offset the cost of resolving the Sustai
Rep. Don Young (R-AK) introduced late yesterday the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act (H.R. 672), AHA-supported legislation that would extend the demonstration for five years.
The share of working adults without insurance fell 25% between September
Nearly all unplanned readmissions after surgery are associated with new postoperative complications that surface after discharge, according to a