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Budget reconciliation is an optional process under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 that allows for expedited consideration of certain fiscal legislation that makes changes to mandatory spending, revenues and/or the debt limit.
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The AHA Board of Trustees created the Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities. Comprised of 29 hospital and health system leaders and state hospital association CEOs, the task force held meetings, heard from policymakers and conducted field hearings to speak with hospital and…
Report projects 300,000 Americans hospitalized between April 2024 and March 2025 survived episodes of care that they wouldn’t have in 2019.
New data show that hospitals’ and health systems’ relentless focus on safety and quality improvement is paying off for patients and communities.
On December 2, 2025, Microsoft experienced a widespread outage in its Defender Portal that prevented many organizations from accessing critical security alerts and threat-hunting data. According to reports, the outage lasted for over 10 hours.
H-ISAC TLP Green: Daily Cyber Headlines for December 3, 2025.
Thomas Lee, M.D., chief medical officer of Press Ganey and editor-in-chief of NEJM Catalyst, explores why social capital is becoming the most critical asset in leadership development, how it can drive organizational performance, and why physicians must act intentionally to enable high-reliability…
When Crozer Health announced its bankruptcy and impending shutdown, Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital stepped in to adopt the residency program, allowing the residents to stay together and continue serving the same communities.
The Tufts Medicine Center for Health Literacy Research + Practice works to reduce health literacy barriers for patients, families, clinicians and health care organizations.