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The president’s fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request for nearly $420 billion in 10-year Medicare payment cuts to providers “would jeopardize hospitals’ ability to keep the promise of maintaining access to vital health care services,” the AHA said last week.

Adults hospitalized for acute cardiovascular disease, surgery or pneumonia are less likely to experience some adverse events in hospitals with certain electronic health record functions, according

Remote patient monitoring does not reduce readmissions or mortality for older adults discharged home after inpatient treatment for heart failure, but recipients report better quality of life, accor

The U.S.

Hospitals can apply through April 1 for a new American Society for Healthcare Engineering award for outstanding leadership in energy efficiency.

A federal appeals court Feb.

A federal appeals court today reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the AHA and several h

President Obama today as part of his fiscal year 2017 budget request to Congress proposed nearly $420 billion in reductions

President Obama today announced a federal plan to enhance cyb

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today voted 22-0 to

An estimated 28.8 million U.S.

The AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to protect patients’ access to care when it implements Sec. 603 of the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act.

The AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to protect patients’ access to care when it implements Sec. 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.

The AHA today told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that it strongly supports creating an efficient and effective infrastructure for health information exchange that facil

The administration will ask Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to prepare for and respond to Zika virus here and abroad, the White House

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Friday proposed changes to the confidentiality rule for substance use disorder records to facilitate health information exchange while

Some people who were unable to enroll in 2016 coverage through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace due to failure to reconcile their 2014 advance premium tax credit may be eligib

While drug shortages are declining, too many lifesaving drugs and treatments remain scarce as a consequence of the larger issue of health care supply-chain shortages, AHA President and CEO Rick Pol

April 1 is the deadline to apply for the Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued updated guidelines for tes