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People who exercise more may be less likely to get 13 types of cancers, according to a study published online today by JAMA Internal Medicine. The study examined whether moderate to vigorous leisure-time physical activity was associated with lower risk of developing 26 kinds of cancer, based…
Fifty-three U.S. states, cities and territories with mosquitos that could carry Zika virus can apply through June 13 for a portion of $25 million in fiscal year 2016 funding to prepare and respond to a potential outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today.
Fewer than 1% of rural Medicare beneficiaries received a telemedicine visit in 2013, according to a study reported this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The average number of telemedicine visits for the 41,070 rural beneficiaries who did was 2.6, for a total of 107,955…
Hospital and health system leaders are invited to apply through June 1 for the AHA’s Health Care System Transformation Fellowship. The nine-month program is designed to give senior health care leaders knowledge, tools and connections to transform their organizations for success in a rapidly…
President Obama did not have the authority to pay cost-sharing reductions to low-income enrollees in health insurance plans purchased on an exchange, a federal district court judge ruled today, siding with the House Republicans who filed the lawsuit. The court will allow the subsidy program to…
The House of Representatives last night approved seven AHA-supported bills as part of its legislative package to address the opioid epidemic. H.R. 4641 would establish an interagency task force to review, modify and update best practices for pain management and pain medication prescribing. The…
The AHA supports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ efforts to explore the feasibility of global budget payment programs in geographically defined communities, the association told the agency today, but called it “a challenging undertaking” and urged the agency…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has temporarily paused two-midnight patient status reviews to improve standardization across the program, the agency last week told the Quality Improvement Organizations conducting the reviews. CMS plans to work with the QIOs during the pause to…
In an open letter on the opioid epidemic published yesterday in the Huffington Post Blog, American Medical Association CEO Steven Stack, M.D., called on American physicians to avoid initiating opioids for new patients with chronic non-cancer pain unless the benefits are expected to outweigh…
An article yesterday in the New York Times highlights the yet-to-be-fulfilled promises made by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International to the U.S. Congress, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack writes in an AHASTAT blog post today.