The nation’s governors yesterday urged Congress to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program for five years, at the current enhanced federal matching rate.
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Physicians and teaching hospitals may review and dispute 2016 payments reported to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Open Payments program through May 15.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a May 23 webinar for hospital epidemiologists on resource management and priority setting during infectious disease outbreaks.
Hospital and nursing leaders today joined the AHA and its American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) subsidiary for a
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has released
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday exten
The Senate yesterday voted 57-42 to approve President Trump’s nomination of Scott Gottlieb, M.D., as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
Hospitals and health systems participating in a Virginia collaborative to reduce early elective deliveries, which can increase health complications for babies, reduced non-medically necessary deliv
Hospitals in Rhode Island contributed more than $7.6 billion to the state's economy in 2015, according to a new
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) today urged the hospital field to mobilize its employees in a grassroots effort to defeat the American Health Care Act, which recently passed the Hou
Hospitals and health systems are drowning in a sea of rules and regulations, but the prospects for immediate relief are uncertain, according to an expert panel yesterday at the AHA Annual Membershi
Without bipartisan consensus there can be no permanent consensus on health care, said former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Trent Lott (R-MS) while jointly addressing attendees toda
The AHA today premiered a video h
Schumer urges hospitals to mobilize grassroots efforts Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) today urged the hospital field to mobilize its e
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack today called on the Senate to “reset the discussion” over health care policy by rejecting the House-passed American Health Care Act.
AHA Chairman Gene Woods yesterday set three goals for the field: expand access and coverage; re-engage with communities outside hospitals’ traditional walls; and end disparities in care.
Senate politics and procedures are likely to produce an "utterly different version" of the American Health Care Act than what passed the House last week, AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels sa
FBI Director James Comey today encouraged hospital and health system leaders to work closely with the FBI on reporting cyberattacks.