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March 11 is the deadline for hospitals and eligible professionals to

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today discussed its pending report to Congress on a prototype payment system that, if ultimately approved by Congress, could replace the current payment sys

Acute-care hospitals reduced central-line associated bloodstream infections by 50% and surgical site infections by 17% between 2008 and 2014, according to a Vital Signs

State expenditures to help providers in Medicaid Electronic Health Records Programs exchange health information with other Medicaid providers may be eligible for federal matching funds under the HI

The Internal Revenue Service yesterday alerted payroll and human resources professionals to beware of an emerging phishing email scheme that purports to be from company executives and requests pers

The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing today announced that AARP has joined its effort to find market-based solutions to the problems cause

Charlestown – a 1-square mile neighborhood in Boston – seemed mired in an opioid crisis in 2003.

Nearly every day health care practitioners from Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, practice an outreach effort known as street medicine – or “street med” for short.

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today held a

The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued

Hospitals continue to appeal Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, according to the latest report from the AHA's quarterly RACTrac

The AHA and American Medical Group Association are offering a new fellowship to help member hospitals and health systems with emplo

Seventeen companies that make an estimated 90% of the electronic health record (EHR) products used by hospitals have pledged to help providers share health information for care whenever permitted b

By Shellie Byrum The Class of 2018 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year.

In a letter yesterday to the Department of Justice, the AHA further elaborated on why Anthem’s propo

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Seventeen companies that make an estimated 90% of the electronic health record products used by hospitals have pledged to help providers share health information for care whenever permitted by law,

AHA today voiced support for the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (S. 524), bipartisan legislation being considered this week by the Senate to address the nation’s opioid epidemic.

The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to ensure that quality measures for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and alternative payment models for physicians align

In a case that has ramifications for states’ efforts to create all-claims databases, the U.S.