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Reps. Scott Peters, D-Calif., Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., Brett Guthrie, R-KY, Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., Richard Hudson, R-N.C., Michael McCaul, R-Texas, Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., and Gus Bilirakis, D-Fla., introduced the Preventing Drug Shortages Act (H.R. 6080).
List prices for branded pharmaceutical products in the United States increased 159% between 2007 and 2018, an average of 9.1% per year, according to a study reported in JAMA.
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., reintroduced the Protecting Jessica Grubb’s Legacy Act, AHA-supported legislation that would modernize privacy regulations affecting the disclosure of substance use disorder treatment records to better enable health care providers to…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance for risk assessment and public health management of health care personnel with potential exposure to patients with novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The AHA’s American Organization for Nursing Leadership subsidiary will present several members, a hospital and a state affiliate with 2020 awards during its annual meeting March 19-21 in Nashville, Tenn.
Join AHA’s The Value Initiative and the Advancement League March 14 at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, for a public session exploring how hospitals, clinicians and community-based organizations are improving community health by addressing housing needs.
Between April 7 and June 15, the Hospital Quality Reporting program will transition to a new QualityNet ID management security system called Health Care Quality Information Systems Access Roles and Profile (HARP), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
The House passed an $8.3 billion funding package for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) preparedness and response.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg blocked Medicaid work requirements in Michigan, citing an appeals court decision last month that affirmed his decision blocking Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should develop prior authorization measures for the Medicare Advantage Star Ratings Program to minimize care delays and protect patients from inappropriate care denials, AHA said in submitted comments.