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The age-adjusted death rate declined 25% for black Americans and 14% for white Americans between 1999 and 2015, reducing the overall disparity between black and white death rates from 33% to 16%, a
The Department of Veterans Affairs yesterday expanded its access and quality tool to include certain inpatient quality data for ev
The QualityNet portal is accepting Quality Reporting Document Architecture Category I files for electronic clinical
Average readmissions penalties in the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program doubled in the first five years of the program, from 0.29% in 2013 to 0.6% in 2017, according to a
Six in 10 Americans identify lowering the cost of prescription drugs as a “top priority” for President Trump and Congress when it comes to health care, according to a recent
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday announced a plan for ensuring a continuous supply of yel
As urged by the AHA, the U.S.
AHA-supported legislation introduced yesterday in the Senate would permanently extend add-on payments for ambulance services, which are set to expire Dec. 31.
Congress today approved a continuing resolution funding the federal government through May
The AHA today released a one-page guide to help hospital and health system board members and leaders implement a multi-step strategy to
The AHA cannot support the latest proposed amendment to the
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued proposed rules for inpatient re
Congress and the administration must fund cost-sharing reductions for at least two years to protect access to care for low- and moderate-income consumers in the individual health insurance market,
An estimated 7.6% of adults under age 65 were uninsured for more than one year when surveyed in the first nine months of 2016, down from 16.8% in 2010, according to a
The AHA today urged the Food and Drug Administration not to finalize its draft guidance on bacterial testing of blood platelets for transfusion, citing serious concerns about possible unintended co