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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
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday finalized 
The Health Information Trust Alliance and Booz Allen Hamilton will host a free educational event on cybersecurity preparedness April 30 in Washington, D.C.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration last week issued revised federal guidelines
The National Institutes of Health this week named a working group that will seek public input on the design of a
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey, available today through April 17.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., last week vowed quick action on bipartisan legislation to replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula when the Senate reconve
The Class of 2017 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year.
By Jonathan Perlin, M.D. April is National Donate Life Month, when we encourage everyone to consider registering as organ, eye and tissue donors.
The AHA yesterday urged the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to consider certain changes to its draft recommendations for the Recovery Audit Contractor program.
In a 5-4 ruling today, the Supreme Court held that parties cannot challenge directly in federal court a
Hospitals paid under the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system can
Overall cancer incidence, or new cancer cases, decreased 0.5% per year between 2002 and 2011, according to the latest
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today