Nearly four in 10 people – 39% – know someone who has been addicted to prescription painkillers, including 25% who say it was a close friend or family member and 2% who acknowledge thei
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A quarter of privately insured working-age adults say their health care is unaffordable, according to the latest Commonwealth Fund Health Care Affordability
A new white paper from the AHA Workforce Center provides resources to help hospitals transform their workforce along the care continuum.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted this weekend to approve model state-level legislation to ensure health insurance provider network adequacy.
Eligible professionals and group practices participating in the Physician Quality Reporting System who believe they were incorrectly assessed a negative payment adjustment for 2016 may ask the Cent
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt
The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, an AHA personal membership group, recently announced its 2016 board of directors.
The Illinois Hospital Association on Friday named A.J. Wilhelmi its next president and CEO, effective Jan. 1.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late this afternoon issued a proposed rule
A working group of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response is accepting comments through Nov.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response encourages hospitals and other stakeholders to sign up to participate in its
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a notice clarifying acti
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday extended the prescriber and pharmacy certification deadlines for the new Clozapine Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Program, citing ongoing impleme
About 5.5 million Americans will receive premium rebates averaging $129 per family from health insurers who did not meet medical loss ratio requirements in 2014, according to a new
Maryjane Wurth will join the AHA on Jan.
The New Jersey Hospital Association and the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals have approved an agreement to transition the core functions of NJCTH into NJHA over the next year.
At an AHA-sponsored briefing today on Capitol Hill, hospital leaders shared with congressional staff the many benefits that the 340B Drug Pricing Program brings to vulnerable patients and urged Con
In commemoration of National Rural Health Day, the AHA today expressed appreciation to members of the S
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks comments to inform its development of patient experience of care surveys for the