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The Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution May 14 recognizing National Hospital Week, which was May 10-16.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released its fiscal year 2025 Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports, or PEPPERs, for critical access hospitals.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a Health Alert Network Health Update May 18 informing clinicians about testing available for patients with suspected hantavirus infection to include Andes virus.
Early registration rates for the 2026 AHA Leadership Summit end June 1.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 15 released its 2027 final standards for the health insurance marketplaces, including the issuers and brokers who assist marketplace enrollees.
The AHA and other national health care groups sent a letter to members of the House and Senate appropriations committees, urging them to provide $1.02 billion in fiscal year 2027 funding to support the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program.
Most hospital outreach laboratories must report private payer clinical diagnostic laboratory data for services furnished during the first six months of 2025 to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services by July 31, the agency announced.
The World Health Organization May 17 declared a public health emergency of international concern due to an Ebola outbreak.
The New York Times published a letter to the editor May 16 by AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack that responds to a May 4 op-ed that claimed hospitals are the biggest culprit in rising health care costs.
Sutter Health is taking a proactive, systemwide approach to maternal care — supporting a range of birth experiences while reinforcing the consistent use of evidence-based practices and clinical protocols. This includes a thoughtful approach to how and when cesarean sections are…