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The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate was recently awarded a contract from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to work with experts in ambulatory care, patien
The AHA today thanked President-elect Trump for his interest and commitment to addressing regulatory reform, and suggested 33 actions the incoming administration could take immediately to reduce th
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.11% in November to a seasonally adjusted 5,120,600 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Crain’s Chicago Business today named AHA Chief Medical Officer Jay Bhatt, D.O., one of 40
The House of Representatives last night voted 392-26 to approve the AHA-supported 21
The AHA today offered recommendations for improving the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ 2018 draft letter to issuers of qualified health plans in federally facilitated marketpla
Hospital representatives are invited to learn more about recent policy activities impacting the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor program during a
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted answers to
The AHA today released an infographic de
More than 15.7 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Sept. 30, 2016.
The Hospital Association of Southern California yesterday named as its next president and C
Each morning Memorial Hermann Sugar Land (Texas) Hospital managers and directors participate in a safety huddle to address any operations concerns or anticipated issues.
Several of the AHA’s post-election legislative priorities advanced through the House Wednesday with that chamber’s approval of the revised 21st Century Cures bill.
The AHA today shared with President-elect Trump its public policy priorities for the new administration.
The AHA last week shared with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation recommended policy principles for a common prospective payment sys
More than 2.1 million people selected a health plan through HealthCare.gov Nov. 1-26, about 97,000 more than during the same period last year.
Tennessee hospitals are treating dozens of patients from a wildfire that began this week near the Smoky Mountain resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge.