The Food and Drug Administration yesterday extended the prescriber and pharmacy certification deadlines for the new Clozapine Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Program, citing ongoing impleme
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About 5.5 million Americans will receive premium rebates averaging $129 per family from health insurers who did not meet medical loss ratio requirements in 2014, according to a new
Maryjane Wurth will join the AHA on Jan.
The New Jersey Hospital Association and the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals have approved an agreement to transition the core functions of NJCTH into NJHA over the next year.
At an AHA-sponsored briefing today on Capitol Hill, hospital leaders shared with congressional staff the many benefits that the 340B Drug Pricing Program brings to vulnerable patients and urged Con
In commemoration of National Rural Health Day, the AHA today expressed appreciation to members of the S
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks comments to inform its development of patient experience of care surveys for the
About 5.3 million uninsured adults with mental illness or substance use disorders are eligible for Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act, but about half of them live in states that have n
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality today released a toolkit&
The Food and Drug Administration today announced the first approved nasal-spray version of
At an AHA-sponsored briefing Nov.
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs today held a hea
Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH) has been tapped to chair the Health Subcommittee of the House Committee on Ways and Means. The subcommittee post became vacant when Rep.
The Joint Commission yesterday recognized 1,043 hospitals as a “Top Performer on Key Qual
The four-hospital Charleston (WV) Area Medical Center Health System is one of four organizations to win the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the U.S.
About 1.08 million people have selected a health plan through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace since the start of open enrollment Nov.
The National Center for Healthcare Leadership last night presented its 2015 Gail L.
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The final bundled payment model for hip and knee replacement surgeries “takes several positive steps” to support hospitals’ efforts to improve patient care, the AHA said earlier this week.
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to allow a wider variety of documentation to support a critical access hospital’s necessary provider designation, consistent wit