The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today released its final
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Department of Homeland Security today removed enhanced visa and port-of-entry screening for travelers from Sierra Leone, which the World Health Or
The AHA seeks applications through Jan. 22 for the 2016 Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership.
The Internal Revenue Service publicly confirmed Friday that hospitals are permitted to report expenditures for clean and safe housing as community benefit expenditures on page 1 of Schedule H, whic
Senate Finance Committee leaders seek comment through Jan. 26 on policy options the committee is considering to improve how Medicare treats beneficiaries with multiple, complex chronic illnesses.
The Senate Friday passed by unanimous consent the Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act (
The AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to include hospital services in the list of core services that states must review to ensure that proposed rate changes in the M
The AHA supports the stronger network adequacy standards proposed for qualified health plans in the 2017 Health Insurance Marketplace, but urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to
The Food and Drug Administration today issued final guidance revising blood donor deferral
About 6 million people signed up for health coverage at HealthCare.gov through Dec.
The House and Senate today approved legislation funding federal programs through fiscal year 2016. The measure now goes to President Obama, who is expected to sign it.
A new AHA TrendWatch report offers guidance to post-acute providers and their partners as they evaluate new models of
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has approved a waiver to continue the Healthy Michigan Plan, which provides heal
“Since 2008, prices of some prescription drugs have more than doubled,” notes an AHA ad scheduled to begin next week in Iowa.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Town Hall teleconference Dec.
The House today passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, legislation th
The Health Information Technology Policy Committee yesterday sent Congress recommendations to overcome technical, operational and financial barriers to interoperable health IT, as mandated by legis
The full impact of electronic health information exchange on patient outcomes has not been adequately studied, according to a new
National and state consumer groups and unions today raised concerns about the proposed Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana mergers and health insurance consolidation in general.