The AHA supports the intent of draft legislation to accelerate and improve the discovery, development and delivery of new cures and treatments for patients, but would strongly object to any reducti
The AHA today urged Congress to remove the perverse financial incentives that encourage Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors to deny claims; reduce payments to RACs with a high rate of overturned de
The health care sector added 226,000 jobs over the past six months, the largest increase in at least 25 years, and now employs more than 15 million, according to the latest
The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum will host a webinar May 20 on the changing health care landscape and new ways to engage consumers. During the complimentary webinar, at 2:30 p.m.
A day after legislation to renew expired trade promotion authority failed to gain the 60 votes needed to clear a procedural hurdle, Senate leaders May 13 reached agreement to move forward on the pa
A package of trade bills that would have imposed additional sequestration cuts on Medicare was blocked today in the Senate, where it failed to gain the 60 votes needed to clear a procedural hurdle.
The AHA supports the intent of draft legislation to accelerate and improve the discovery, development and delivery of new cures and treatments for patients, but would strongly object to any reducti
A Pennsylvania court Wednesday granted summary judgment to a dozen hospitals that sued health insurer Highmark Inc. for passing on its 2% Medicare payment cut under federal sequestration.
The most expensive 5% of enrollees accounted for almost half of annual Medicaid expenditures for Medicaid-only enrollees in fiscal years 2009 through 2011, according to a