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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will review the 2016 ap
Physician practices are engaging in new health care payment models intended to improve quality and reduce costs, but need help managing increasing amounts of data and responding to the diversity of
Rep. Michael Burgess, M.D., (R-TX) today introduced legislation (H.R.
The House Budget Committee today voted 22-13 along party lines to pass a fiscal year 2016 budge
More than 150 hospital leaders today gathered on Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to reject cuts to payments for hospital care that would limit patients’ access to care.
At an AHA-sponsored briefing today on Capitol Hill, hospital leaders called for changes in Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
In an advertorial today in the Wall Street Journal, AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock calls for “real refor
The House today voted 232-186 to approve a joint resolution (S.J. Res.
The Affordable Care Act has energized five fundamental shifts in health care over the past five years, according to a new report by the PwC
A new AHA TrendWatch report calls for refinements in Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) that achieve the goal of
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) today unveiled the committee’s
The AHA and four other national hospital organizations this week expressed “profound disappointment” with a two-day workshop on health care competition convened last month by the Federa
President Obama today announced his intent to nomin
The departments of the Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services yesterday published final rules&nbsp
More than half of Americans (56%) have tried to get information on out-of-pocket costs before getting care, according to a new
A recent cyber attack against information technology systems at health insurer Premera Blue Cross serves as another potent reminder to hospitals and other health care organizations of the importanc
The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Engineering Monday presented Vista Awards to three hospital teams for construction, renovation and infrastructure projects that exemplify outstanding
Harnessing the power of information technology to improve care requires giving providers greater flexibility to deploy electronic health records, holding vendors accountable for safe, interoperable
Healthy competition can be a good thing, but it also can distract from the main goal.