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The Institute for Safe Medication Practices is alerting hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers and anesthesia professionals about the potential for dangerous mix-ups due to look-alike packaging for the drugs Bloxiverz (neostigmine) and Vazculep (phenylephrine) made by Eclat Pharmaceuticals. In…
An estimated 37.2 million U.S. residents lacked health insurance at some time during the first nine months of 2014, 7.6 million fewer than in 2013, according to preliminary estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The proportion of residents who were…
The Department of Health and Human Services today announced a $31 million agreement with Emergent BioSolutions to develop an anthrax vaccine that could provide protection in fewer doses. “Anthrax remains a national health security threat, and we’re striving to develop an anthrax…
The AHA today expressed support for H.R. 2, legislation filed this morning by House Republican and Democratic leaders to permanently replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.About $70 billion of the roughly $210 billion cost of replacing the SGR would be offset by…
Congress should preserve the 340B Drug Pricing Program because of the many benefits to low-income and uninsured patients, the AHA said today in a statement submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee. As part of its advocacy efforts on behalf of the 340B program, the AHA has…
Congress should preserve the 340B Drug Pricing Program because of the many benefits to low-income and uninsured patients, the AHA said today in a statement submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee.
Hospital uncompensated care costs were about 21%, or $7.4 billion, lower in 2014 due to gains in health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, according to a report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services. More than two-thirds of the estimated reduction ($5…
Early evidence suggests that the advance premium tax credit likely contributed to an expansion of health insurance coverage in 2014 because it significantly reduced the cost of exchange plans' premiums for those eligible, according to a report released today by the Government Accountability…
In a commentary in the American Journal of Managed Care, AHA and Health Research & Educational Trust leaders propose a framework for accelerating national quality improvement.
About 11.2 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Jan. 31, 2015, increasing total enrollment in the programs by nearly 19.3% since the start of the first open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplace, according to…