Commenting today on the proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2018, AHA said it appreciates the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposals to improve the stabilit
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An estimated 2.5 million Americans who buy individual market coverage outside of the Health Insurance Marketplace might qualify for tax credits if they purchased coverage through the Marketplace, t
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday awa
Before using direct-acting antivirals to treat patients with chronic hepatitis C, health care professionals should screen the patients for evidence of current or prior hepatitis B, the Food and Dru
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today
A new guide from the AHA Workforce Center offers strategies to help hospitals and health systems expand the behavioral health
AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative and the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare today released a
The National Weather Service is surveying hospital leaders and others as it works to improve its weather hazard messages to
The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Engineering today named as its new executi
Hospital-level variation in readmissions for Medicare heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia patients rapidly declines in the first seven days after discharge, suggesting that most readmissions
The fall issue of AHA's Great Boards newsletter features articles on governing com
Diabetes has long been health care enemy number one in the South Dallas neighborhood of Frazier, where 60% of residents are unemployed and 33% live below the poverty level.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued a
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today awarded $1
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and America’s Health Insurance Plans President and CEO Marilyn Tavenner today called for “value-based solutions” that promote strong, stable and
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched a webpage to help health care providers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday appro
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The AHA agrees with the principles underlying the proposed cardiac bundled payment model, but the proposed rule raises serious concerns about the pace of payment reform, AHA told the Centers for Me