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The AHA Career Center is now the Health Career Center. The new name signifies the breadth of health care jobs available on the online job board, which offers clinical and non-clinical jobs in hospitals and a wide variety of settings. The website also has a new look and improved navigation to…
This is National Hospital Week, a time for hospitals to celebrate the employees, volunteers and others that contribute to their collective work. And it’s a great opportunity to promote the good works of hospitals nationwide. The AHA released a video – showcased at its annual membership…
Many U.S. adults are not getting the recommended screening tests for colorectal, breast and cervical cancers, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2013, about one in five women were not up to date with cervical cancer screening, one in four women…
An estimated 4.3 million people would gain health coverage in 2016 if the 21 states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act were to do so, according to an updated analysis released this week by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The report provides estimates of Medicaid…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a 29-minute video on estimating the impact of the transition to ICD-10 on Medicare inpatient hospital payments. In addition, the agency released a seven-minute video on Medicare’s testing plan for ICD-10. The Medicare Learning…
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.24% in April to a seasonally adjusted 4,858,600 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That's 11,800 more people than in March and 86,400 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of…
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon yesterday signed state legislation reinstituting caps on non-economic damages in medical liability cases. In 2012, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a 2005 state law setting a $350,000 cap on non-economic damages in medical liability cases. The new…
Hospital leaders today urged the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies to eliminate unnecessary regulatory burdens and support federal programs critical to maintaining access to care in rural communities.
President Obama yesterday announced he will nominate National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Karen DeSalvo, M.D., to serve as assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services. DeSalvo has been serving as acting assistant secretary for health since…
Among Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance, per capita spending on health care for people with diabetes grew more for children than for any other age group in 2012 (7%) and 2013 (9.6%), according to a report released today by the Health Care Cost Institute. Average per capita…