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
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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
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology yesterday announced $36 million in funding&nbs
The latest Blue Ribbon Panel Report, part of the monograph series from the AHA’s Center
Stuart Buttlaire, regional director of inpatient psychiatry and continuing care for Kaiser Permanente Northern California in Oakland, is 2015 chair of the AHA's Constituency Section for Psychiatric
Essentia Health, an integrated health care delivery system based in Duluth, Minn., provides telehealth services to patients at 26 of its roughly 80 rural health clinics, small rural hospitals and l
Sens. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) joined Reps. Tom Reed (R-NY) and Peter Welch (D-VT) late yesterday to introduce the Rural Hospital Access Act (S. 332/H.R.
President Obama’s budget request to Congress seeks $83.8 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Health and Human S
The Food and Drug Administration continues to recommend that health care professionals inspect all current and f
The AHA is advising hospital executives to beware of “vishing” calls targeting hospital executives after learning of a recent attempt to target one hospital.
Friday is the final day that hospitals can submit data to the AHA’s quarterly RACTrac survey.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will discuss ICD-10 implementation issues and testing opportunities during a National Provider Call Feb. 26 at 1:30 p.m. ET.
A new report from the AHA’s Committee on Research and Committee on Performance Improvement examines the changing health care landscape and the role trustees and community leaders can play to
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) published on Oct.
President Obama today released a fiscal year 2016 budget request that includes $431 billion in proposed reductions t
Ebola testing should be conducted only for individuals who meet the criteria for persons under investigation for Ebola Virus Disease, according to