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Participating hospitals and other health care providers will offer free, anonymous mental health screenings Oct.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will continue to pay claims and implement ICD-10 if the Congress fails to act by Oct.
The Environmental Protection Agency today issue a proposed rule revising the regulat
Donate Life America this week launched an online registry for organ, eye and tissue donors.
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Proposed changes to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ 1996 model state legislation for health plan network adequacy would help address problems that consumers and health ca
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology yesterday released for comment draft updates to its list of “best available” standa
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday updated its
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reorganized its website for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs to locate all information on requirements and
AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust has received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to create resources to support a culture of health in U.S. communities.
Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana “merit the closest scrutiny from the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and Congres
Finding in favor of hospitals, a federal judge late yesterday rejected the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serv
More than 700 hospitals have signed onto the AHA’s #123forEquity Pledge to Act Campaign to eliminate health care disparities, the association r
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday re-issued hospital-specific reports to all hospitals in the fiscal year 2016 Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction Program to correct inac
The National Academy of Medicine today issued recommendations for reducing diagnostic errors i
The average annual premium for employer-sponsored family health coverage rose 4% this year to $17,545, according to the latest annual
Finding in favor of hospitals, U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss Sept.
The “unprecedented” consolidation that would result from recently announced health insurance company acquisitions threatens consumers and the nation’s health care system, AHA Pres
Tim McKinney started the nonprofit United Global Outreach, Inc.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today updated the federal government’s five-year