The number of patients treated for mental disorders grew by 14 million between 2002 and 2012, while expenditures for mental disorders grew by $25 billion, according to a new report by the Agency fo
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will transition the Physician Quality Reporting System to its Enterprise Identity Management System on July 13.
The AABB has released a white paper to help organizations overcome common hurdles associated wi
Overall hospital prices increased 0.1% in April and were 0.5% higher than a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported yesterday.
AHA has made a $50,000 today donation to the American Red Cross to support the Nepal earthquake relief efforts of three international disaster relief organizations.
Trinity Health has put together a “Coverage Expansion Success” video to capture the past two years of the organization’s work in suppor
The House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee today approved the 21st Century
The Senate Finance Committee will seek input from stakeholders on legislative proposals to improve care for Medicare patients with chronic conditions, a large and growing share of Medicare spending
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued recommendations for health care faciliti
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health today released a
The Food and Drug Administration this week issued
Hospitals spend an average of 12.3% of their total expenses on community benefits, according to a new report by Ernst & Young.
The Class of 2017 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year.
The AHA supports the intent of draft legislation to accelerate and improve the discovery, development and delivery of new cures and treatments for patients, but would strongly object to any reducti
The AHA today urged Congress to remove the perverse financial incentives that encourage Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors to deny claims; reduce payments to RACs with a high rate of overturned de
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released an update to its draft legislation to accele
The health care sector added 226,000 jobs over the past six months, the largest increase in at least 25 years, and now employs more than 15 million, according to the latest
The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum will host a webinar May 20 on the changing health care landscape and new ways to engage consumers. During the complimentary webinar, at 2:30 p.m.
A day after legislation to renew expired trade promotion authority failed to gain the 60 votes needed to clear a procedural hurdle, Senate leaders May 13 reached agreement to move forward on the pa
A package of trade bills that would have imposed additional sequestration cuts on Medicare was blocked today in the Senate, where it failed to gain the 60 votes needed to clear a procedural hurdle.