About 20 million adults have gained health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new
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Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.21% in January to a seasonally adjusted 5,028,000 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a toolkit to h
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has approved a Michigan demonstration to expand Medicaid coverage and services to children and pregnant women affected by the water crisis in Flint,
March 11 is the deadline for hospitals and eligible professionals to
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today discussed its pending report to Congress on a prototype payment system that, if ultimately approved by Congress, could replace the current payment sys
Acute-care hospitals reduced central-line associated bloodstream infections by 50% and surgical site infections by 17% between 2008 and 2014, according to a Vital Signs
State expenditures to help providers in Medicaid Electronic Health Records Programs exchange health information with other Medicaid providers may be eligible for federal matching funds under the HI
The Internal Revenue Service yesterday alerted payroll and human resources professionals to beware of an emerging phishing email scheme that purports to be from company executives and requests pers
The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing today announced that AARP has joined its effort to find market-based solutions to the problems cause
Charlestown – a 1-square mile neighborhood in Boston – seemed mired in an opioid crisis in 2003.
Nearly every day health care practitioners from Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, practice an outreach effort known as street medicine – or “street med” for short.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today held a
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued
Hospitals continue to appeal Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, according to the latest report from the AHA's quarterly RACTrac
The AHA and American Medical Group Association are offering a new fellowship to help member hospitals and health systems with emplo
Seventeen companies that make an estimated 90% of the electronic health record (EHR) products used by hospitals have pledged to help providers share health information for care whenever permitted b
By Shellie Byrum The Class of 2018 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year.
In a letter yesterday to the Department of Justice, the AHA further elaborated on why Anthem’s propo