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The risk corridors program will pay only 12.6% of 2014 claims requested by insurers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Efforts to improve quality of care for patients in minority-serving and racially integrated hospitals should focus on the lowest performers, according to a new
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host two webinars this month on its request for informa
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.32% in September to a seasonally adjusted 4,939,400 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dame tu Mano (Give me your hand) is Elkhart (Ind.) General Hospital’s effort to coordinate health outreach to the county’s Latino residents.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee still plans to propose legislation this year to advance the interoperability of electronic health records, one of many reasons the admin
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued a
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently clarified certain meaningful use objectives and measures in the Medicare & Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentives Programs.
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey, available today through Oct. 16.
A new guide from the AHA’s Hospita
The House Judiciary Committee today voted 18-10 to approve the Standard Merg
The Senate voted 78-20 today to pass a continuing resolution funding most federal programs at their current levels through Dec. 11.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee today approved by voice vote the Protecting Our Infants Act (S.799/H.R.1462).
Congress should be skeptical of certain research cited by America’s Health Insurance Plans at a recent hearing on “competition in the health care marketplace,” AHA said today in a
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute this week
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today awarded $22.8 million in grants to 24 stat
Oct. 11 is the deadline to apply for the 2016 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize.
Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana “would further concentrate an already heavily concentrated health insurance industry by eliminati
Two Senate committee chairmen and 116 members of the House this week asked the Department of Health and Human Services to refrain from finalizing Stage 3 Meaningful Use requirements for the Medicar
Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana “would further concentrate an already heavily concentrated health insurance industry by eliminati