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The Food and Drug Administration today ordered Custom Ultrasonics to recall all of its automat
The AHA, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Children’s Hospital Association yesterday urged President Obama to fully fund the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program at its authori
Unplanned hospital readmissions following elective hip and knee replacements fell 20% and 23%, respectively, between 2009 and 2013 among adults aged 50-84 enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans provi
A group of consumer advocates, employers and unions yesterday launched the Coalition to Protect Patient Choice to educate policymakers and the public on the importance of health insurance competiti
American adults who are uninsured or on Medicaid smoke at rates more than double those for adults with private health insurance or Medicare, according to a new
Health care prices grew 1% year-over-year in September, matching the multi-decade low hit in August 2013, according to the latest
More than 543,000 people selected a health plan through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace during the first week of open enrollment, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serv
A commentary in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine looks at preliminary first-year results from t
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Department of Homeland Security this week modified port-of-entry screening for travelers from Sierra Leone, which the World Health Organization de
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will purchase two antitoxin drugs for inhalational anthrax to add to the Strategic
The Medicare Part A deductible for inpatient hospital services will increase by $28 in calendar year 2016, to $1,288, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued three new FAQs clarifying how to attest to certain meaningful use measures for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incenti
The American Medical Association today urged the Department of Justice to block Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana and Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna.
The proposed mergers of health insurance giants Aetna and Humana and Anthem and Cigna are a bad deal for consumers,
An AHASTAT blog post today highlights resources available to help hospitals
Hospital Corporation of America is among six employers to receive Hiring Our Heroes Awards for leadership in hiring and retaining veterans and military spouses, the U.S.
Join AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 4 p.m.