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The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Engineering encourages health care facility and energy managers to complete its energy and water survey by Nov. 18.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted data on Department of Veterans Affairs hospital performance to the Hospital Compare
The Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday restored $44.25 million in funding for all-hazards preparedness to states, cities and territories, which had been redirected to respond to t
The combined number of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis cases reached a record high in 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tomorrow is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, when the public can safely dispose of unwanted or expi
The Department of Homeland Security has released a toolkit to help public and private partners promote Critical
The AHA has extended to Oct. 28 the deadline for hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued updated travel and testing recommendations for pregnant wom
An estimated 11.7 million uninsured Americans are eligible for Medicaid or tax credits to purchase coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplaces, according to a
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Nov. 2 Open Door Forum call on data reporting for the Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Payment System.
The hospital can be a scary place for anyone – especially children. Big machines, doctors in masks, and new places can seem like monsters to kids. 
The Department of Health and Human Services expects 13.8 million people to select a health plan during 2017 open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplaces, about one million more than this ye
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today convened a Rural Health Solutions Summit
The Comprehensive Primary Care initiative generated $57.7 million in gross savings for Medicare Parts A and B in 2015, the second year of shared savings results, the Centers for Medicare & Medi
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthcare and Public Health Sector Critical Infrastructure Protection Program invites health care leaders to attend its annual partnership meetin
To continue to transform the health care delivery system and improve quality and affordability of care for patients, hospitals need the next administration and Congress to prioritize modernizing ou
Leonhard Lang has recalled certain lots of an automatic external defibrillator electrode because the user may not be able to connect it to the defibrillator when a shock is needed due to a compatib
The National Academy for State Health Policy today issued 11 proposals to help states rein in ris
A total of 168 organizations, including the AHA, last week urged House and Senate appropriators to maintain at least $334 million in budget authority for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual