The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services tomorrow will host a call o
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An estimated 25.3 million adults (11.2%) suffer from daily pain, according to a new analysis of
The AHA has elected seven members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, and appointed one member to fill a one-year vacancy.
The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate is surveying hospitals about their employee health and wellness programs to identify best practices for promoting employees’
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities must submit first-quarter 2015 data for five IRF Quality Reporting Program measures by Aug.
The AHA’s Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management today presented its 2015 George R.
More than 4,600 programs offering Navigators, Certified Application Counselors and other assisters helped an estimated 5.9 million consumers during open enrollment in the 2015 Health Insurance Mark
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has updated its recommendations for flu vaccination for the 2015-2016 flu season.
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.32% in July to a seasonally adjusted 4,899,800 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The AHA’s Hospital Awards for Volunteer Excellence (HAVE) program has recognized outstanding volunteer programs across the nation for more than 30 y
The Federal Communications Commission today approved rules to permit unlicensed devices to operate on the same channel as the Wireless Medical Telemetry Service used by hospitals for patient monito
Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana have “the very real potential” to substantially reduce competition and the insurers’
Eight national hospital organizations, including the AHA, today urged the Department of Health and Human Services to immediately release a final rule easing “meaningful use” requirement
A new AHA task force will work to confirm the characteristics of vulnerable rural and urban communities and identify strategies and federal policies to help ensure access to care in these areas.
Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana have “the very real potential” to substantially reduce competition and the insurers’
The AHA last week called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to extend the partial enforcement delay of the two-midnight policy to conform with other proposed changes to the policy.
The 2015 Health Forum and AHA Leadership Summit, held July 23-25 in San Francisco, brought together health care leaders to discuss ways to transform the delivery system for better quality and value
Inpatient mortality rates among adults declined by 45% for pneumonia, 41% for heart attack, 29% for congestive heart failure and 27% for stroke between 2002 and 2012, according to a new