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AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack will host a live webcast Monday, Feb. 6, from the Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in Phoenix. During the event, Pollack and members of the AHA’s Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities will discuss the panel’s recent report on nine…
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today held a hearing on draft legislation to reform the health insurance markets.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday announced proposed changes to the Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug programs for calendar year 2018, which would increase payment rates by a net 0.25%. When combined with expected growth in plan risk scores, CMS…
Hospitals and health systems have been leaders in controlling costs in the health care sector, with hospital price growth in 2015 at the slowest annual rate since 1998 and Medicare spending growth for hospital services at its lowest level in 17 years, according to a data brief on hospital care…
The AHA’s Hospital Against Violence initiative and its American Society for Healthcare Risk Management will co-host a Feb. 15 webinar on practical strategies for promoting a safe workplace culture. For more information or to register for the 3 p.m. ET webinar, click here.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack will host a live webcast Monday, Feb. 6, from the Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in Phoenix.
The AHA today urged Congress to work with the administration to stabilize the public Health Insurance Marketplaces for 2017 to prevent millions of consumers from losing coverage.
The Senate Finance Committee today voted 14-0, with no Democrats present, to advance the nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to serve as Health and Human Services secretary. No Democrats attended yesterday’s scheduled vote on the confirmation. To enable today’s vote, the committee…
The administration yesterday withdrew the Health Resources and Services Administration’s pending omnibus guidance for the 340B Drug Pricing Program. “We are pleased that the Administration chose not to finalize the Health Resources and Services Administration’s guidance, which, if enacted…
The Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Competitive Bidding Program will consolidate all bidding for 2019 contracts into a single round of competition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday. CMS by law must recompete the…