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The AHA this week urged the Department of Justice to reject claims that the proposed merger of Anthem and Cigna would not reduce competition in the Administrative Services Only – or self-insu

The AHA has extended to April 29 the deadline for all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today that it will delay until at least July 2016 the release of overall hospital quality "star ratings" on its Hospital Compare

The House Appropriations Committee yesterday approved report language to accompany its Agriculture Appropriations bill that would direct the Food and Drug Administration to suspend efforts to final

Average life expectancy at birth increased 0.4 years for black men, 0.2 years for Hispanic women and 0.1 years for Hispanic men in 2014, but declined 0.1 years for white women, according to a

Emory University Hospital in Atlanta received a Medical Innovation Award last month at the Nuclear Industry Summit for its efforts to help reduce radiological threats.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that it will delay until at least July 2016 the release of overall hospital quality “star ratings” on its

The House Energy and Commerce Committee today held the second in a series of

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of Minority Health today released

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health, yesterday

UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest private insurer, next year plans to exit most of the 34 states where it offers plans in the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplaces,

Two-hundred and twenty-five House lawmakers April 18 urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings in order

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 18 proposed an inpatient prospective payment system (PPS)  

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its long-term care hospital prospective payment system

As many as 225 members of the House of Representatives today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings in ord

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will extend the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative for Model 2, 3 and 4 awardees who choose to participate for two more years, CMS Act

Appropriate use of antibiotics to prevent surgical site infections varies substantially across children’s hospitals, according to a

The Oregon Medicaid program could have saved $10.1 million in 2014 by requiring all Medicaid managed care organizations to meet a minimum medical loss ratio of 85%, the standard for large group ins