Virginia hospitals and health systems provided $2.85 billion in community benefit and other types of community support in 2014, according to a new
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released updated guidance for health care providers caring for women of re
The AHA today applauded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for publishing a comprehensive proposed rule on expanding uses of Medicare data by qualified entities and recommended severa
Medicare spent $473.1 billion less on personal health care expenditures between 2009 and 2014 than what would have been spent if the 2000-2008 average growth rate had continued through 2014, accord
Scott Bond, president and CEO of the Washington State Hospital Association since 2011, will retire in January, the association
By Pete DavisThe Class of 2018 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year.
The AHA and Catholic Health Association of the United States today urged the U.S.
Governments and the private sector should develop a more effective system for securing radiological sources and accelerate work to replace radiological materials in medicine and other sectors with
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has selected
The Food and Drug Administration today issued draft guidance for companies developing gene
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) final “persuader”
The House March 23 voted 235-171 to pass the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act, AHA-supported
Hospitals are encouraged to review and exercise their security plans following Tuesday’s terror attacks in Belgium, according to leaders of the public/private councils that coordinate health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week recommended health care personnel
The House of Representatives today voted 235-171 to pass the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act, AHA-supported l
The AHA yesterday encouraged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to eliminate its “all-or-nothing” approach to meaningful use of electronic health records, which is “overly burdensome”
The Department of Health and Human Services is looking to make meaningful use of electronic health records “more flexible and much more focused on clinical outcomes and interoperability” as it impl
Expanding the Diabetes Prevention Program model to Medicare beneficiaries with prediabetes would reduce net Medicare spending and improve quality of care without limiting benefits, Health and Human
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute next month will issue a $22 million funding announcement soliciting studies to compare treatment strategies for lower back pain, a leading cause of