Every Oregon hospital has volunteered to provide cost estimates for scheduled hospital procedures within three business days, the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
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House Ways and Means Committee leaders today unveiled the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act (H.R.
The American Organization of Nurse Executives today presented its Distinguished Special Award for Nursing to Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) for her commitment to nursing and creating a healthier America.
Pennsylvania hospitals contributed nearly $115 billion to the economy in 2015, $4 billion more than in 2014, The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP)
Emily Friedman, an independent writer, public speaker, teacher and health policy and ethics analyst based in Chicago, died Sunday after a brief illness. She was 68.
The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) will host its third National Summit on Advanced Illness Care Sept. 20-21 in Washington, D.C.
The AHA today expressed support for draf
The AHA yesterday urged the Internal Revenue Service to publish guidance affirming that hospitals may participate in accountable care organizations without generating a tax cost or incurring “the c
The House today agreed to go to conference with the Senate on the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (S.
Medicare patients admitted to critical access hospitals for common surgical procedures are no more likely to die within 30 days than similar patients at other hospitals and have lower complication
Hospitals, including those participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program, are the true safety-net, not the pharmaceutical industry with its “skyrocketing prescription drug prices and huge profits,
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) today introduced legislation t
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights Friday issued a fi
African-American children were more than twice as likely as white children to be readmitted to an urban children’s hospital for asthma between August 2010 and October 2011, with socioeconomic and o
People who exercise more may be less likely to get 13 types of cancers, according to a study publis
Fewer than 1% of rural Medicare beneficiaries received a telemedicine visit in 2013, according to a study&nb
Hospital and health system leaders are invited to apply through June 1 for the AHA’s Health Care System Transformation Fellowship.