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Nearly 30 organizations dedicated to protecting and advancing children’s health, including the AHA, this week urged congressional appropriators to provide $400 million in fiscal year 2020 funding for the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program.

Beginning June 11, hospitals, physicians and other eligible providers may submit notices of intent to apply to participate in the Jan. 1, 2020 start date for the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a toolkit highlighting innovative strategies that Medicare accountable care organizations use to coordinate and manage care for their diverse beneficiary populations.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little this week signed legislation adding work requirements to the state’s plan to expand Medicaid coverage to low-income adults.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Sunday presented the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for performance excellence and innovation to Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Ind.

Tennessee Hospital Association President and CEO Craig Becker will retire later this year after more than 25 years in the role.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and 14 of his Democratic colleagues today introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2019, legislation that would create a national health insurance program for every U.S. resident within four years, and allow Americans to buy in to the Medicare program during the transition.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said today that it will hear oral arguments in July in the appeal of a district court decision that struck down the entire Affordable Care Act.

The Trump administration has appealed a federal judge’s recent ruling that blocked Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and Arkansas.

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today held the

The Food and Drug Administration yesterday announced changes to the prescribing information included in outpatient opioid pain medication labels.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is accepting comments through April 25 on a draft report on treatment for acute pain.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named the AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year.

At the AHA Annual Membership Meeting today, Reps. Donna Shalala, D-Fla., former Health and Human Secretary, and Michael Burgess, R-Texas, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, discussed health care issues facing the new Congress, particularly reducing the high cost of prescription drugs and preventing surprise medical bills.

Congress must strengthen the Affordable Care Act, rein in the high price of drugs and ease the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital cuts, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said today at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting.

Addressing the AHA Annual Membership Meeting this morning, Rep.

“Medicare for All” is a “raw deal” for the American people and taxpayers, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said today during a plenary session at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday finalized changes to the Medicare Advantage and prescription drug programs for contract year 2020.

A Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General proposal to change drug discount safe harbors under the federal anti-kickback statute would likely increase premiums for Medicare beneficiaries without addressing the nation’s high and rising drug prices, the AHA said.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response seeks stakeholder input through April 26 on a proposed National Disaster Pediatric Initiative to enhance the nation’s pediatric care capability during disasters.