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The Federal Communications Commission’s Connected Care Pilot Program is “a welcome and critical step” toward advancing the progress of connected care, and the FCC should “adopt rules that will implement the Pilot Program as soon as possible,” the AHA said.

To reduce risk of patient infection, the Food and Drug Administration recommends health care facilities transition to using duodenoscopes with disposable components.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week issued a health advisory with information on the multistate outbreak of severe pulmonary disease associated with using e-cigarette products.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week rejected a request from Idaho for a state innovation waiver under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, saying the agency did not have enough information to evaluate the application.

Bruce Rueben, president of the Florida Hospital Association, will retire at the end of the year, the association announced last week.

The Tennessee Hospital Association has named Wendy Long, M.D., as the association’s next president and CEO.

The AHA's Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management has elected Steve Kiewiet, chief commercial officer at Intalere, as chair-elect of the 2020 AHRMM board.

The AHA today responded to an HHS request for input from health care providers and other stakeholders on ensuring legitimate access to controlled substances while preventing diversion and abuse.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued guidance for states on how to determine certain sponsored immigrants’ eligibility for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has partnered with Medscape to offer free online training on its recommendations for vaccinating homeless people against hepatitis A.

The HPV vaccine could prevent an estimated 92% of cancers caused by the human papillomavirus in the United States, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Chronic diseases affect 133 million Americans of all ages, including 12 million adults and 400,000 children who have serious illnesses. By 2025, nearly half the population will have one or more chronic conditions.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration today released a proposed rule that would amend federal regulations regarding disclosure of patient information for individuals seeking treatment for substance use disorders.

The Health Resources and Services Administration seeks input through Oct. 9 on how best to conceptualize and measure access to health care in rural communities as the Department of Health and Human Services’ Rural Health Task Force considers policy changes to meet their needs.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will provide $23 million for Merck to produce additional doses of its investigational Ebola vaccine over the next year as part of the international response to the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and for domestic biodefense preparedness.

The number of U.S. residents misusing pain relievers fell by 11% in 2018, to about 9.9 million, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program today awarded a health technology company $4.6 million in initial funding to provide genetic counseling to program participants who wish to receive genomic data.

Alaska Gov. Michael Dunleavy Monday vetoed state appropriations that would have restored $50 million in Medicaid funding cuts for fiscal year 2020.

The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a new antibiotic to treat adults with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.

The number of U.S. hospitals with an antibiotic stewardship program that meets all core elements recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention almost doubled between 2014 and 2017 to 3,816, according to a new report by the CDC.