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Hospital admissions remained below expected levels through early April, while spending for hospital and ambulatory care remained below expected levels through at least June, according to an updated analysis released by Epic Health Research Network and Kaiser Family Foundation.
Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., introduced the Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act (H.R. 5035), AHA-supported legislation that would support training programs to help health care workers identify patients at high risk for suicide or self-harm.”
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration distributed about $850,000 each to health departments in 12 states and Puerto Rico to train first responders and community groups to prevent prescription drug and opioid overdose deaths.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed a 2018 district court decision in favor of UnitedHealth Group, rejecting the insurer’s claims that a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ rule requiring Medicare Advantage plans to report and return identified…
Based on lessons learned over the past decade, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and other incoming CMS leaders described in a Health Affairs blog post their vision for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation for the coming decade, which…
Last week, a series of emails that became public revealed communication between executives at UnitedHealth Group and researchers studying the frequency of surprise medical billing.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, M.D., authorized a third, additional dose of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for people with moderately to severely compromised immune systems. This includes people who have:
Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pa., and Santa Barbara (Calif.) Cottage Hospital/Cottage Health will receive the 2021 Environmental Services Department of the Year Award, the AHA’s Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE) announced.
There’s a lot of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. Get the facts from the experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released updated guidance for state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program agencies on planning for the eventual end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.