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Smart affiliation strategies and smart federal policies will be critical to the survival of many non-urban hospitals, says AHA board member William “Bill” Carpenter III, chairman and CE
Today, draft legislative language became public regarding potential Affordable Care Act repeal and replace legislation that may be con
The AHA and Federation of American Hospitals today expressed strong opposition to the Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act (H.R.
The AHA today strongly urged the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to “draw upon data and experience from the field” before proposing policy changes to the new Merit-based Incentive
The Nashville Health Care Council yesterday hosted a health care policy dis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week released a report summarizing 2014 data on health
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today anno
The AHA’s American Organization of Nurse Executives and Health Research & Educational Trust will host a March 14 webinar on “Partnering for Progress in Quality and Safety.”
The AHA, along with Baxter International Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust, is accepting
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has launched a
The AHA’s 2016 Committee on Performance Improvement today issued a report to help hospital and heal
The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Risk Management has named as its new executive director
The Trump administration today joined House Republicans in asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to continue to suspend proceedings in House v.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly today issued two memoranda regarding border security
Most governors are planning upcoming budgets that assume federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program will continue, according to a
Hospital emergency departments receive an annual average of 15.5 million visits for illness and 5.2 million visits for injury by adults aged 65 and older, according to a new
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released an updated
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today awarded
This season’s flu vaccine has been 48% effective at preventing flu-related outpatient visits for acute respiratory illness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention