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The three medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat opioid use disorder — methadone, buprenorphine and extended-release naltrexone — are effective and save lives, but most people who could benefit from these treatments do not receive them, according to a report released…
Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., will address the AHA Annual Membership Meeting on April 9 in Washington, D.C. Neal is the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee
During the AHA’s Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C., Michael Rodgers, former senior vice president of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, will receive the AHA Honorary Life Membership Award April 8 for his contributions to hospitals and health care in America.
Hospitals in states that impose Medicaid work requirements could see reduced Medicaid revenues and operating margins and increased uncompensated care costs, according to a study released last week by the Commonwealth Fund.
About 34 percent of uninsured U.S. adults did not take their medication as prescribed in 2017 in order to reduce their prescription drug costs, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released today.
Adam Boehler, senior advisor to the Health and Human Services Secretary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services deputy administrator, and director of the Innovation Center, has been added to the April 8 lineup at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting.
About 80 percent of new HIV infections in the U.S. in 2016 were transmitted from the nearly 40 percent of people with HIV who either did not know they had HIV or who received a diagnosis but were not receiving HIV care, according to a study released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and…
The AHA's American Society for Healthcare Engineering has announced the recipients of the 2019 Vista Awards, which were presented to three hospital teams for new construction, renovation and infrastructure projects that exemplify collaboration in creating optimal health care environments.
Seventeen health insurance, employer and consumer organizations today proposed recommendations for federal action to protect patients from surprise medical bills.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Friday released its March report to Congress.