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
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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.
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The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today
Delaying delivery of otherwise healthy infants until at least the 39th week of pregnancy does not appear to increase stillbirths, according to a new
The Institute for Diversity in Health Management and Health Research & Educational Trust encourage all hospitals to complete a survey about their efforts to address health care disparities and
The Association of American Medical Colleges yesterday presented a Special Recognition Award to Richard Umbdenstock, AHA past president and CEO, for his exceptional leadership of the AHA and close
Continued and growing delays in review of Medicare claims appeals at the Administrative Law Judge level call for the court to promptly order the Secretary of Health and Human Services to abide by t
The World Health Organization on Saturday declared Sierra Leone free of Ebola virus transmission.
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The AHA today named Ashley Thompson as its senior vice president for public policy analysis and development.
The AHA today urged the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to provide greater detail about the characteristics and metrics used to assess the standards identified
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today reported on its ongoing development of a post-acute payment system prototype, the first stage in a multi-step process to replace the current prospecti