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Prescription opioid disorders related to non-medical use increased by 0.3 percentage points among U.S.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and University of Kentucky are looking for 300 more hospitals to complete their survey on hospital efforts to improve care transitions, part of
The Illinois Hospital Association and Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council have agreed to merge in January, the organizations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expects in March to make an early partial payment to eligible health plans under the transitional reinsurance program for the 2015 benefit year, in
The Obama administration last week launched a public-private campaign to equip the public with knowledge and tools to stop life-threatening bleeding in emergency situations.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and National Library of Medicine have redesigned their
The AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative will offer a free webinar Wednesday at 12 p.m.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today discussed policy options to preserve access to emergency care in rural areas in the wake of recent rural hospital closures.
The Government Accountability Office today appointed 11 members to a ne
Health care spending continued to moderate in August at 5.6% growth year-over-year, according to the latest
The AHA and Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology will host a Twitter chat Oct.
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey by Oct. 16.
A bipartisan group of 95 House lawmakers yesterday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to scuttle its proposed payment cut for hospital outpatient services and provide a positive
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released calendar year 2013
Connecting the uninsured with coverage is only a first step to improving health; the newly insured also need to be connected quickly to culturally competent primary care, Ramanathan Raju, M.D., pre
A bipartisan group of 95 House lawmakers earlier this week urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to scuttle its proposed payment cut for hospital outpatient services and prov
The AHA today urged Congress to pass the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today released a final “
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General yesterday issued as part of National Health IT Week a