The AHA Physician Alliance July 10 at 3:30 p.m. ET will host a webinar featuring Chris Moriates, M.D., a hospital medicine physician and assistant dean for health care value at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin.
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More than 10.6 million individuals had paid their first month’s premium to officially trigger their 2018 health insurance coverage through the federal and state-based exchanges in February.
A federal judge Friday voided the Department of Health and Human Services’ approval of a Kentucky Medicaid demonstration waiver that would require some adult beneficiaries to work or participate in other “community engagement” activities.
A new tool supported by the National Institutes of Health uses education, housing and poverty measures to rank and map neighborhoods according to socioeconomic disadvantage.
The AHA, in partnership with the American Board of Internal Medicine's Choosing Wisely campaign and the Costs of Care organization, is enrolling clinical teams in a 12-month virtual High-Value Care Collaborative.
The AHA Healthcare Transformation Fellowship is an opportunity for health care leaders to tackle key issues affecting health care delivery and affordability.
Congress and the administration should pursue actions, including addressing the high costs of prescription drugs and regulatory burden on providers, that will help reduce the cost of care without putting access at risk.
At the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity's National Leadership and Education Conference today, AHA Board Chair Nancy Howell Agee (third from left), president and CEO of Car
CMS today announced plans to advance a Medicare Advantage Qualifying Payment Arrangement Incentive (MAQI) Demonstration that would exempt clinicians who participate in certain payment arrangements with MA organizations from the MIPS reporting requirements and payment adjustment.
In fiscal year 2017, Pennsylvania hospitals contributed $128.9 billion to the economy and supported more than 650,000 direct and indirect jobs.
We all want to feel included – that we are part of a community that supports and nurtures us.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack opened the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity’s National Leadership & Education Conference today by affirming the AHA’s commitment to health equity, diversity and inclusion.
The Senate Appropriations Committee today voted 30-1 to approve legislation that would provide $179.3 billion in discretionary funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education in fiscal year 2019.
AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to expand the data it makes available through standard analytic files and to share currently available data on a timelier basis.
In a report issued today, the Government Accountability Office recommended that the Health Resources and Services Administration take additional steps to ensure contract pharmacies comply with 340B drug savings program requirements.
An estimated 23% of U.S. adults under age 65 met federal guidelines for aerobic and muscle-strengthening leisure-time activity between 2010 and 2015.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today advanced legislation to reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program, and federal workforce development programs for nurses and health professionals.
The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today held the first in a series of hearings on how to reduce health care costs, which will examine administrative costs and waste, how to improve transparency, private sector solutions and other issues.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today approved for Oklahoma the first state Medicaid plan amendment to allow supplemental rebate agreements involving value-based purchasing arrangements with drug makers.
Hospitals and health systems are invited to apply for the 2019 AHA Quest for Quality Prize, which recognizes extraordinary health care leadership and innovation in improving quality and advancing health in communities.