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In a letter today to the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, AHA laid out actions th
Efforts to create a trusted exchange framework and common agreements for health information exchange should not disrupt working exchanges but focus on creating a more seamless network of networks,
Commenting today on a potential alternative to Medicare’s current “RUGs” payment system for skilled nursing facility services, AHA said the proposed “RCS-1” replacement model would generally promot
The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking nominations to an interagency task
The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative will host a Sept.
The QualityNet system has not yet been updated to reflect changes to electronic clinical quality measure reporting requirements for calendar year 2017 under the fiscal year 2018 inpatient prospecti
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services recently applied to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for a Section 1115 demonstration
At its annual conference next month in Orlando, FL, the AHA's Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development will present
Commenting today on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule implementing the
The number of federally-approved opioid treatment programs, which are qualified to dispense methadone and buprenorphine for opioid use disorders, increased 39% between 2003 and 2016, according to a
A new resource from the AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust and Association for Com
The Iowa Department of Insurance this week asked the U.S.
Bella Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling all lots of unexpired sterile drug products due to lack of sterility assurance, the Food and Drug Administration