The Government Accountability Office today named five new members to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission.
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Six organizations, including the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, today released an online resource to help health care leaders from underrepresented groups navigate their career path
The House of Representatives today voted 309-118 to pass a fiscal year 2017 omnibus appropriations bill providing discreti
A Zika outbreak that infected from 0.01% to 10% of the population in six U.S.
Join AHA and its American Organization of Nurse Executives subsidiary for a
Hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations can sign up through May 12 to host an intern for this year’s Institute for Diversity in Health Management Summer Enrichment Progr
The House Appropriations Committee yesterday released legislation that would provide di
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