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More than 12.2 million people selected a plan through the Health Insurance Marketplaces during 2017 open enrollment, about 500,000 fewer than last year, according to a
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of Minority Health and Health Resources and Service Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy today launched an edu
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has pre-released
The U.S. Senate last night voted 55-43 to approve President Trump’s nomination of Seema Verma to serve as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday announced the potential for increased risk to blood and tissue
The National Healthcare Safety Network will webcast on March 20-24 its annual training program for people who use the system to submit data on healthcare-associated infections for acute-care or lon
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement and National Patient Safety Foundation yesterday
The Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation today released an estimate of the effects o
Hospitals participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price today invited states to apply for Section 1332 wavier proposals that include high-risk pool/state-operated reinsurance programs.
May 7-13 is National Hospital Week, an annual celebration of hospitals and the men and women who support the health of their communities.
The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Engineering today presented 2017 Vista Awards to three h
Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association President and CEO Lynn Nicholas will retire at the end of 2017, the association
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend the March 13 deadline for submitting electronic clinical quality measure data for the 2016 reporting period for the Ho
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will host a 90-minute webinar on its final rul
The AHA today released a one-page guide to help hospital and health system board members and leaders implement a multi-
March 12-18 is Patient Safety Awareness Week, observed annually to increase knowledge and interest about patient safety and enga
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.12% in February to a seasonally adjusted 5,085,000 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
“Congress should preserve the 340B Drug Pricing Program and protect patients and communities,” writes AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels in an AHA Stat
The House Committee on Ways & Means early this morning reported out its part of the House legislative package to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act, while the House Energy &amp