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Nearly every day health care practitioners from Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, practice an outreach effort known as street medicine – or “street med” for short.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today held a
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued
Hospitals continue to appeal Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, according to the latest report from the AHA's quarterly RACTrac
The AHA and American Medical Group Association are offering a new fellowship to help member hospitals and health systems with emplo
Seventeen companies that make an estimated 90% of the electronic health record (EHR) products used by hospitals have pledged to help providers share health information for care whenever permitted b
By Shellie Byrum The Class of 2018 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year.
In a letter yesterday to the Department of Justice, the AHA further elaborated on why Anthem’s propo
Seventeen companies that make an estimated 90% of the electronic health record products used by hospitals have pledged to help providers share health information for care whenever permitted by law,
AHA today voiced support for the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (S. 524), bipartisan legislation being considered this week by the Senate to address the nation’s opioid epidemic.
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to ensure that quality measures for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and alternative payment models for physicians align
In a case that has ramifications for states’ efforts to create all-claims databases, the U.S.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will no longer require community providers in the Veterans Choice Program to submit a copy of a veteran’s medical record before paying for care, the agency
Under a proposed rule issued today, the Office of the National Coordinator for Healt
The Department of Health and Human Services seeks health care representatives to participate on a new H
The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Engineering today announced the recipients of the 2016 Vista Awards, which will be presented to three hospital teams for construction, renovation and
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Feb.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule on t
The Office of Management and Budget will accept comments through March 28 on