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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today voted 22-0 to approve the Improving Health Information Technology Act (S. 2511), bipartisan legislation aimed at making electronic health records more interoperable.
An estimated 28.8 million U.S. residents lacked health insurance when surveyed during the first nine months of 2015, 7.2 million fewer than in 2014, according to preliminary estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The proportion of residents who were…
The AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to protect patients’ access to care when it implements Sec. 603 of the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act.
The AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to protect patients’ access to care when it implements Sec. 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. “The AHA is deeply disappointed that this law will result in substantial reductions to payments for services…
The AHA today told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that it strongly supports creating an efficient and effective infrastructure for health information exchange that facilitates the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care across health care settings.
The administration will ask Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to prepare for and respond to Zika virus here and abroad, the White House announced today. The total includes $1.48 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services, $335 million for the U.S. Agency for…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Friday proposed changes to the confidentiality rule for substance use disorder records to facilitate health information exchange while protecting patient privacy. The last substantive update to the rule was in 1987.
Some people who were unable to enroll in 2016 coverage through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace due to failure to reconcile their 2014 advance premium tax credit may be eligible for a special enrollment period, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced …
While drug shortages are declining, too many lifesaving drugs and treatments remain scarce as a consequence of the larger issue of health care supply-chain shortages, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack writes in a letter to the editor of the New York Times, which recently published a story…
April 1 is the deadline to apply for the Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service. The award recognizes hospitals that have distinguished themselves through efforts to improve the health and well-being of everyone in their communities. Click here to learn more. And watch this…