Hospital emergency department visits and inpatient stays related to opioids increased 99% and 64%, respectively, between 2005 and 2014, according to a new
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will not apply 2017 or 2018 payment adjustments to any eligible professional or group practice that fails to satisfactorily report certain quality d
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today unveiled two consumer-facing websites that provide quality data on long-term care hospitals and inpatient rehabilitation facilities.
President Obama on Dec. 13 signed into law the AHA-supported 21st Century Cures Act, which includes a number of provisions important to hospitals and health systems.
As an emergency department (ED) physician at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Steven Leffler, M.D., saw firsthand how chronically homeless patients returned again and again t
Medicare-certified dialysis facilities that pay premiums for individual market coverage directly or through a third party must educate patients about their coverage options and ensure that issuers
The AHA is committed to accelerating progress to improve health equity and eliminate health care disparities, said Charisse Coulombe, vice president of clinical quality at the AHA’s Health Re
Hospital-acquired conditions declined by 21% (3.1 million) between 2010 and 2015, saving an estimated 125,000 lives and $28 billion in health care costs, according to results