The AHA today released a tool to help hospitals and their clinician partners prepare for the proposed Jan.
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Medicaid expansion was associated with significant declines in uncompensated care costs and increases in Medicaid revenue in 2014 among hospitals in 19 states that expanded Medicaid early that year
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a R
The AABB is urging eligible donors across the country to donate blood and platelets as soon as possible.
Ruth Padilla Portacci, principal of Healthcare Strategy Partners, Inc., will be the 2017 president of the Board of Directors of the Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development, the gro
The Association for the Healthcare Environment last week presented its 2015 Recognition
Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas, today
At meetings this week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed a wide range of qual
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday awarded more than $14 million to 34 groups to develop new approaches to combatting antibiotic resistance.
The Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Health & Constituent Affairs has released two new educational videos on MedWatch,
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.1% in September to a seasonally adjusted 5,110,200 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
A majority of hospitals have adopted aggressive training programs designed to de-escalate security situations before they intensify, according to the 2016 Hospital Security Survey.
ECRI Institute will convene a free leadership conference Nov.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Healthcare and Public Health Sector has issued a bulletin warning of potential impacts for health care providers in the southeastern U.S.
This week Congress overwhelmingly urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide flexibility for hospital outpatient departments as it implements the site-neutral provisions in t
Hospitals continue to appeal Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, according to the latest report from the AHA's quarterly RACTrac survey
Tax-exempt hospitals’ community benefit activities represented 9.84% of their total expenses for Tax Year 2012, the Internal Revenue Service said in a report recently submitted to Congress.
The AHA today presented the Carolyn Boone Lewis Living the Vision Award to Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Wabasha, MN, for its work in improving the health of the communities it serves thr
The American Society of Healthcare Risk Management presented its inaugural patient safety award to GBMC Healthcare at its annual conference last week in Orlando, FL.
CEO Tom Crowley says Saint Elizabeth Medical Center’s efforts to create a culture of wellness throughout rural Wabasha County, Minn., is a way for the 20-bed critical access hospital to achie