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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule delineating a methodology for implementing the Affordable Care Act aggregate reductions to state Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital allotments beginning in fiscal year 2020.
U.S. drug prices are nearly four times higher than the combined average price for 11 other similar countries, according to a report released today by the House Ways and Means Committee.
The World Health Organization recently deployed a rapid response team and personal protective equipment to the United Republic of Tanzania following unofficial reports of two suspected cases of Ebola virus disease in the African nation.
The trend toward greater health plan participation at the county level in the health insurance exchanges has continued for 2020, according to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation tracking tool.
AHA invites hospitals and health systems to share their innovative ideas during the AHA Team Training 2020 National Conference June 3-5 in New Orleans.
President Trump yesterday created an interagency task force to develop and implement a five-year plan to improve flu vaccines and produce them faster.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week awarded 14 states and the District of Columbia planning grants totaling $48.5 million to increase access to evidence-based treatment and recovery services for Medicaid patients with substance use disorders.
The American Organization of Nursing Leadership has chosen as its 2020 president-elect Erik Martin, vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Ky.
Among other benefits to the community, mergers can help hospitals deploy more effective safeguards against hackers, writes AHA General Counsel Melinda Hatton.
House Democratic leaders today released the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, a bill that would make a series of changes to the Medicare program in an effort to lower the price of prescription drugs.