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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Aug. 5 granted a motion for the AHA and the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania to file an amicus brief submitted in June in support of Jefferson Health’s challenge to Aetna’s “level of severity” reimbursement policy…
A blog by Shannon Wu, AHA director of payment policy, explains why having access to care close to home and the existence of rural hospitals are fundamental factors of healthcare affordability.
Jackie Gerhart, M.D., chief medical officer at Epic, Thomas McGinn, M.D., chief physician executive officer at CommonSpirit Health, and Zia Agha, M.D., chief medical officer at West Health, discuss the rapid pace of healthcare’s evolution and what that means for physicians, patients and health…
The Senate is expected to vote this week on its own continuing resolution to fund the federal government through Dec. 11.
The Food and Drug Administration Aug. 3 identified Class I recalls of two convenience kit products.
The AHA and The John A. Hartford Foundation have launched the inaugural AHA Age-Friendly Healthcare Impact Award.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced July 31 that it awarded $73.2 million in grants for children’s mental health, suicide prevention and assisted outpatient treatment programs.
Two individuals have died in Michigan in connection to the current multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced Aug. 3.
The Food and Drug Administration has identified Class I recalls of two products: certain Astral ventilators by Resmed due to a supercapacitor that may leak over time, and 14Fr Low Profile Introducer Kits by Abiomed due to thrombus formation following prolonged use of the introducer.
Anne Seymour, of the National Mass Violence Center, and Michael Schmidt, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology at the Medical University of South Carolina, explain how crime victim compensation programs can help survivors of mass violence cover medical bills, mental health care,…