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The AHA on May 4 will present four Hospital Awards for Volunteer Excellence, recognizing extraordinary hospital volunteer programs for their positive impact on patients, hospitals, health systems a
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today ann
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late this afternoon issued a proposed rule
Requiring critical access hospitals that are less than 15 miles from another hospital to revert to the hospital prospective payment system would generate modest savings for Medicare but likely be d
States expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act are realizing savings and revenue gains as a result, according to a
The Connecticut Hospital Association testified today against state legislation proposed by Gov.
Thursday is National Alcohol Screening Day, sponsored annually by Screening for Mental Health Inc. to bring attention to the needs of those with alcohol use disorders and their families.
The AHA today expressed concern that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s “roadmap” to achieve nationwide interoperability “is not sufficiently grounded in an
About half of the nation’s more than 5,000 hospital laboratories were reporting notifiable conditions to public health agencies using electronic communications protocols as of last April, acc
International travelers are bringing a multidrug-resistant intestinal illness to the United States, according to a new
Nebraska could receive more than $2.1 billion in federal Medicaid funding over five years and avoid $1 billion in state spending over 10 years if state lawmakers were to approve
April is National Donate Life Month, commemorating those who have received or continue to wait for lifesaving transplants as well as the donors who save and heal lives. More than 123,000 U.S.
Employment at the nation's hospitals increased by 0.16% in March to a seasonally adjusted 4,846,200 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should withdraw its two-midnight policy and target Recovery Audit Contractor reviews to hospitals with the most short inpatient stays, the Medicare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued an
President Obama yesterday issued an executi
AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance has released a free two-part webinar&nbs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today
The AHA and Catholic Health Association of the United States today urged the Internal Revenue Service to formally acknowledge that support for improved housing to enhance the health of a hospital&r