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AHA’s Physician Alliance will host a webinar March 13 on responding to difficult challenges.
Tax-exempt hospitals in the 340B drug savings program provided $51.7 billion in total benefits to their communities in 2015, the most recent year for which data is available.
Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Tom Carper (D-DE), Todd Young (R-IN) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) are seeking guidance from health care stakeholders as they develop legislation to improve price transparency in the health care market and lower costs.
Hospitals and health systems continue to enhance their ability to electronically share essential patient information with health care providers and engage patients in their health care.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today discussed how Medicare could pay for sequential services under a post-acute care prospective payment model, and modify the discharge process for general acute-care hospitals to encourage beneficiaries to use higher-quality PAC providers. The Improving…
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will host a March 28 webinar on responding to mass shootings and other “no notice” events.
The White House today hosted a summit on administration efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee this afternoon held the first of three planned hearings to examine the opioid crisis and possible legislative solutions, which reviewed several bills pertaining to the Controlled Substances Act.
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law held a hearing yesterday on CVS Health’s proposal to acquire health insurance company Aetna.
The Veterans Health Administration has launched a new web resource for community care providers as it works to improve the timeliness of payments and customer service.