The House Energy and Commerce Committee today voted 53-0 to approve the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (H.R.
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The AHA today urged congressional negotiators to quickly pass a conference report that provides $1.1 billion in new funding to prevent local transmission of the Zika virus and develop a vaccine, ra
The AHA yesterday expressed support for the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act, which targets anticompetitive behaviors used to block and delay entry of generic drugs.
The AHA and seven other national associations today urged the U.S.
The California Department of Public Health and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles will serve as the last of 10 regional treatment centers for patients with Ebola and other severe, highly in
For the second time in two months, a federal court has denied a Federal Trade Commission request to stop a proposed merger, finding the agency was unlikely to succeed on the merits of its antitrust
The American Medical Association yesterday adopted the first comprehensive
An estimated 15% of Medicare patients filled a new prescription for an opioid within a week of being discharged from the hospital in 2011, according to a
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday awarded $32 million in
The Maryland Hospital Association will receive the 2016 Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership for its work to improve health care quality, AHA announced today.
Orlando (FL) Regional Medical Center treated 44 victims from a mass shooting at a gay nightclub that left 53 injured and 50 dead, including the shooter.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a proposed rule t
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should increase outreach, education and guidance to promote electronic clinical quality measures reporting and reduce the burden on hospitals, accor
The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services today
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced up to $10 million in grants for organiza
A new guide from the AHA’s Hospita
Hospitals, critical access hospitals and eligible professionals who did not achieve meaningful use in the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program for the 2015 reporting period can apply
The Department of Health and Human Services should take certain steps to reduce the number of Medicare appeals and strengthen oversight of the Medicare fee-for-service appeals process, the Governme