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The Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday awarded $100 million in grants to improve infant mortality rates and maternal health outcomes in vulnerable communities.
Health care workers who face the complexities of working with big data and population health must remain vigilant to potential public health threats and continue to reach across the aisle to fight injustice, Mona Hanna-Attisha, M.D., a pediatrician, professor and public health advocate who exposed…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released a report and appendix providing additional information on clinician participation and performance in the 2017 Quality Payment Program.
More than two-thirds of air ambulance transports for patients with private insurance were out-of-network in 2017, putting patients at financial risk for the difference charged, according to a report released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office
The National Health Law Program and other groups yesterday filed a class action lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services for approving a Section 1115 waiver for New Hampshire that requires certain adults to work to maintain Medicaid coverage.
John Bluford III, founder and president of the Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute, and Darrell Kirch, M.D., president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges, will receive 2019 AHA Awards of Honor for their exemplary contributions to the nation’s health and well-being through…
More than 700 health care leaders came together today in Chicago for the Association for Community Health Improvement's National Conference focused on strengthening community partnerships, creating better care systems and advancing health equity.
During a period of unprecedented change, hospitals and health systems are working to lead the transformation of care delivery by providing more coordinated, convenient and responsive care to patients and communities. That is the message hospital and health system leaders shared today during an AHA…
The AHA yesterday expressed support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (H.R. 1763), a bill that would add 15,000 Medicare-funded residency positions over five years to alleviate physician shortages that threaten patients' access to care. The number of Medicare-funded…
AHA today urged the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend the May 3 comment deadline for their proposed rules related to interoperability by at least 30 days.