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Jan 20, 2015
The Department of Health and Human Services Friday issued a factsheet&
Jan 20, 2015
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday released online resources to help hospitals assess and promote healthy food and physical activity options.
Jan 20, 2015
The AHA invites applications through Jan. 23 for the 2015 Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership.
Jan 20, 2015
The AHA last week expressed its support for the Flexibility in Health IT Report (Flex-IT) Act, H.R. 270, which Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., reintroduced in the new Congress on Jan. 12.
Jan 20, 2015
Marilyn Tavenner, top administrator for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has announced that she is stepping down from her position at the end of February.
Jan 20, 2015
Nashville, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Health’s local and state partnerships help the five-hospital system educate and enroll individuals in health insurance coverage throughout the communities
Jan 19, 2015
Hospitals reduced central-line associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) and surgical site infections by 46% and 19%, respectively, between 2008 and 2013, according to the latest annual report on
Jan 16, 2015
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today discussed two topics it expects to make draft recommendations on when it meets in March – hospital short-stay policy issues and next steps in me
Jan 16, 2015
The AHA today urged lawmakers to refrain from altering the Medicare graduate medical education financing structure to reduce direct or indirect payments to hospitals that train physicians and other
Jan 16, 2015
After five years at CMS, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner today told staff she will leave the agency at the end of February.