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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ yesterday issued guidance regarding the calculation of a plan’s Medical Loss Ratio, which represents the percent of premium revenue that goes toward claims and activities that improve health care quality.

The AHA Physician Alliance today released a resource to help hospital and health system leaders address burnout in their organizations.

The AHA has elected to fill a vacancy on its Board of Trustees Sylvia Young, president and CEO of HCA Healthcare’s Continental Division.

A new AHA issue brief describes how hospitals are investing in affordable housing, based on initial findings from the Accelerating Investments for Healthy Communities initiative.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released an online form for submitting letters of intent to participate in the professional or global direct contracting options under its new Primary Cares Initiative.

The AHA May 16 at 11 a.m. ET will host a Twitter chat as part of National Hospital Week to honor and discuss the many ways that hospital employees provide hope and healing to their patients and communities.

The National Center for Healthcare Leadership is accepting nominations through June 7 for the 2019 Gail L. Warden Leadership Excellence Award.

Missouri hospitals support nearly 310,000 jobs and generate more than $27 billion for the state’s economy.

House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today released a discussion draft of bipartisan legislation to address surprise medical bills.

Three hundred two members of the House of Representatives yesterday urged House leadership to delay for at least two years the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital cuts scheduled to take effect Oct. 1.

Eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals that did not qualify as meaningful users of certified electronic health record technology for the 2019 Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program may apply for a hardship exception to avoid the associated payment penalty.

The largest U.S. pharmaceutical and biotech companies spend just 22 cents out of every dollar on research and development, according to an analysis released today by the Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing.

The Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday awarded 120 organizations, including hospitals, $200,000 each to develop community partnerships and plans to prevent and reduce opioid use disorder in high-risk rural counties.

As part of its efforts to promote behavioral health strategies, the AHA today released a TrendWatch report outlining the opportunities, barriers and solutions to increase access to behavioral health care. 

The Food and Drug Administration last week alerted health care providers and patients that batteries in certain Medtronic implantable pacemakers and cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers may drain more quickly than expected without warning.

The AHA and other plaintiffs late Friday asked a federal district judge to set a firm June deadline for the Department of Health and Human Services to propose remedies to the nearly 30 percent cuts to Medicare payments affecting certain hospitals that participate in the 340B Drug Pricing Program.

The Food and Drug Administration Friday issued final guidance clarifying how sponsors may show that a proposed biosimilar product is interchangeable with a brand name biological product.

Whistleblowers who file a lawsuit within three years of reporting an alleged fraud to a responsible government official may have up to 10 years after the alleged fraud occurred to file a lawsuit.

Our hospitals and health systems are exceptional because the 6.2 million women and men who deliver care within them never lose sight of the core truth: Health care is people taking care of people.

The House of Representatives yesterday voted 230-183 to pass AHA-supported legislation (H.R. 986) that would rescind the administration’s latest guidance for states seeking a Section 1332 waiver of certain Affordable Care Act requirements.