The average annual premium for employer-sponsored family health coverage rose 3% this year to $18,142, including employer and worker contributions, according to the latest annual
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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and National Library of Medicine have added new content to their
The Ohio Hospital Association yesterday launched OHA SOS, a community partner campaign to increase early recognition and intervention
Hospital leaders yesterday urged their federal legislators to support certain provisions critical to patients and hospitals before adjourning this legislative session.
The AHA today urged congressional leaders to provide $1.1 billion in new fundin
Hospital leaders today urged their federal legislators to support certain provisions critical to patients and hospitals before adjourning this legislative session.
Seven in 10 hospitals provided their patients with the ability to view, download and transmit their health information electronically in 2015, a seven-fold increase from 2013, according to a
More than 300 established generic drugs under Medicare Part D had at least one price increase of 100% or more between first-quarter 2010 and first-quarter 2015, according to a
The Department of Health and Human Services anticipates using all 2015 risk corridors program collections to pay 2014 benefits, the agency
It remains unclear how a family contact who cared for an elderly Utah resident with travel-related Zika virus became infected, according to
Quality Improvement Organizations today resumed claim audits under the two-midnight inpatient admissions policy, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Global supplies of an isotope used in medical diagnostic imaging will fall substantially when a Canadian reactor stops producing it at the end of October, according to a
Based on national surveys, most enrollees who obtained coverage through the health insurance exchanges were satisfied overall with their qualified health plans in 2014 through 2016, according to a
The AHA seeks nominations through Sept. 23 for its 2017 Hospital Awards for Volunteer Excellence.
When Bon Secours Hampton Roads (Va.) Health System’s healthy community initiative began in Norfolk’s East Ocean View neighborhood seven years ago, the prospects for reviving this coasta
The Congressional Budget Office yesterday released a report examining hospital finances over the next decade under several s
The Government Accountability Office today released a report examining key policy and data considerations should policymake
The Joint Commission will require acute-care hospitals to report on five chart-abstracted measures and six electronic clinical quality measures for ORYX performance measure reporting in 2017.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is conducting through Sept.