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Oral arguments today in a federal appeals court case brought by the AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges, America’s Essential Hospitals and three hospital organizations to challenge a nearly 30% reduction to Medicare payments for 340B drugs focused on procedure issues.

AHA today urged the Drug Enforcement Administration to include drug shortages as a factor when setting and adjusting aggregate and individual manufacturers’ production quotas for controlled substances.

The Department of Health and Human Services today proposed delaying to July 1, 2019 the effective date of its final rule on 340B drug ceiling prices and civil monetary penalties for manufacturers.

Experts from academia and government will discuss pandemic flu threats and preparedness during a seminar Monday at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health.

The AHA today recognized the Greater New York Hospital Association and Healthcare Association of New York State for their $500,000 contribution to The Care Fund.

Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.16% in April to a seasonally adjusted 5,159,800 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

On Sunday, May 6, we kick off National Hospital Week and pause to celebrate the 5.5 million women and men who make America’s hospitals and health systems such special places.

House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) today introduced legislation to streamline and consolidate the Department of Veterans Affairs community care programs.

The National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience yesterday held its second public meeting on establishing clinician well-being as a national priority.

In a LinkedIn piece this week, Providence St. Joseph Health President and CEO Rod Hochman, M.D., a member of the AHA Board of Trustees, explains why the Renton, WA-based health system has made it a priority to help end human trafficking, including forced prostitution.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration today released two factsheets to help health care providers and others apply the 42 CFR Part 2 regulations on confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records to health care programs and settings and the electronic exchange of health information.

The Medicare Independence at Home Demonstration saved $7.8 million, or an average of $89 per beneficiary, in its second performance year, according to corrected results released yesterday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

An independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health today issued recommendations to improve how laws and policies, community-level programs and environmental changes to reduce obesity are evaluated.

The National Academy of Sciences has elected 84 new members in recognition of their distinguished and ongoing research achievements.