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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
The U.S. Senate last night approved by unanimous consent AHA-supported legislation (S.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should do more to ensure that Medicare Advantage organizations offer adequate provider networks to meet enrollees’ needs, according to a new <
Representatives from selected non-federal initiatives working to facilitate electronic health record interoperability say key challenges include insufficient standards, variation in state privacy r
The Department of Health and Human Services today awarded $68
A new National Academy of Medicine program will review the state of health disparities in the United States and identify examples of community-based solutions to address them.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response has
ECRI Institute will convene a free leadership conference Nov. 17-18 in Bethesda, MD, on issues surrounding cancer care delivery in the transforming health care system.
Health care providers who are unable to demonstrate meaningful use under the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs because they switched EHR vendors during the program y
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks comments to inform its implementation of changes to Medicare payment for physicians and eligible professionals under Section 101 of the Medica
An HVAC task force, whose members include the AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Engineering, today issued
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week re-issued hospital-specific reports to all hospitals in the fiscal year 2016 Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction Program to correct inac
Hospitals are on a journey to improve and transform care based on the unique needs of their community, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack writes in an
AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate is one of 17 organizations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a proposed rule that w
If nurses continue to enter the workforce at the current rate, the U.S.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health this week released a free online course for emergency