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The AHA today urged the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury to quickly address several sources of confusion in the Summary of Benefits and Coverage given to health plan en
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases today launched a clinical trial to obtain safety and
The AHA’s Association for the Healthcare Environment is developing a certification curriculum for environmental services technicians that hospitals and other health care facilities can use to
Hospital outpatient departments treat sicker and poorer patients in need of more extensive care and resources than do physician offices, says a study re
As Congress prepares to address a physician payment fix at the end of March, hospital leaders Feb.
Hospital outpatient departments treat sicker and poorer patients in need of more extensive care and resources than do physician offices, says a
At a subcommittee hearing yesterday on the president’s fiscal year 2016 budget requ
Commenting yesterday on proposed criteria for selecting measures to include in a Hospital Compare star rating system, AHA encouraged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to consider usi
The Coalition to Protect a Democratic Workplace, whose members include the AHA, yesterday urged the Senate to adopt a resolution (S.J. Res.
More than 8.8 million consumers selected or were re-enrolled in a health plan through the federally facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace during 2015 open enrollment, according to
For nearly 21 years, COACH for Kids and Their Families, a program of Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles, has brought health care to impoverished inner-city families.
The health care community will be ready for ICD-10 on Oct.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today extended to March 20 at 11:59 p.m.
House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) yesterday released a
U.S. News & World Report will host a March 5 webinar for hospital leaders to review its plans to publish this spring hospital ratings for common inpatient procedures and conditions.
The Internal Revenue Service yesterday released final and temporary regulations and
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today released an updated strategy for ensuring the security of the nation’s
About 10.8 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Dec.