The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week announced changes to the State Performance Standards System for state survey agencies to ensure that nursing home inspections are timely and accurate.
As we seek innovative ways to improve the health of our communities, it is more important than ever for hospitals and health systems to partner with others.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday updated the number of people with confirmed or probable lung injuries associated with electronic cigarette use or vaping products to 1,479 in 49 states.
Two House committees today marked up revised versions of the Lower Prescription Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) — legislation that would make a series of changes to the Medicare program in an effort to lower the price of prescription drugs.
The suicide rate jumped 56% for Americans aged 10 to 24 between 2007 and 2017, and the homicide rate jumped 18% between 2014 and 2017 for the same population.
Near universal health care coverage could be achieved without a complete overhaul of the health system, according to a report released today by the Urban Institute and the Commonwealth Fund.
Congress should pass legislation that protects patients from surprise medical bills and rejects rate setting, hospital leaders said today at an AHA briefing on Capitol Hill.
The AHA and six other organizations today submitted comments to the Drug Enforcement Administration on its proposed rule regarding controlled substances quotas.
The Food and Drug Administration last week authorized marketing of a rapid diagnostic test to detect Ebola virus antigens in human blood from certain living individuals as well as samples from those recently deceased who are suspected to have died from Ebola.