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“Hospitals are at a crossroads as we move to the future,” says AHA Executive Vice President Rick Pollack in this brief AHA News podcast.
Rural hospital leaders today made their case for regulatory relief from federal policies – like the 96-hour physician certification requirement, direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeut
The AHA today responded to a report that is the “latest in a series of attempts to misrepresent” the 340B Drug Pricing Program and the benefits it helps bring to poor patients and vulnerable commun
President Barack Obama today addressed members of the Catholic Health Association of the United States as it marked its 100th anniversary, thanking them for their efforts to help America
Rural hospital leaders made their case for regulatory relief from federal policies – like the 96-hour physician certification requirement, direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic ser
The rise in health care costs is expected to slow in 2016 to 6.5%, but growth will continue to outpace overall inflation, according to a new report from PwC
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services June 24 will host a national provider
Sens. John Thune (R-SD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Jon Tester (D-MT) have introduced S.
The National Center for Healthcare Leadership will present its 2015 Gail L.
The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust recently announced that it will partner with the University of Kentucky Center for Health S
CareerSTAT, an initiative of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions and Jobs for the Future, recently recognized 10 employers as 2015 “
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released a final rule on changes to the M
Hospitals provide many more services than other care sites, and the resources needed to maintain that capacity cannot be ignored, said Michael Sack, former president and CEO of Hallmark Health Syst
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services June 24 will host a
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.32% in May to a seasonally adjusted 4,879,300 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics rep
The AHA is pleased that the final rule on the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) gives participants in Track 1 – the most basic version of a Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) – the o
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday released a final rule on changes to the
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this afternoon released a final rule on changes to
A federal district court judge in Texas this week dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a National Labor Relations Board rule expediting union elections.