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Private sector alerted to UPS device risk, public sector ransomware attacks.
CMS proposes a 2.7% ($580 million) net increase to payments compared with FY 2022.
Consumers with health coverage experience challenges finding in-network mental health providers, who may not be accepting new patients or have long wait times to see them, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
Products by FarmaKeio Superior Custom Compounding that are intended as sterile may not be, the agency said.
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals have until April 6 to access updated provider preview reports of their quality data.
Dismantling structural barriers that prevent health equity takes collective effort, write AHA's Joy Lewis and Nancy Myers.
Health care providers who received Provider Relief Fund payments exceeding $10,000 total between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2020, must report to the Health Resources and Services Administration by March 31 on how they used those funds.
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs today voted to advance as amended the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act (S.3904), AHA-supported legislation that would improve collaboration and coordination between the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and…
As the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice contemplate changes to their guidelines for horizontal and vertical mergers, AHA today urged the agencies to update the guidelines to properly recognize the benefits that mergers can provide to some hospitals and health systems and their…
At the end of first-quarter fiscal year 2022 Dec. 31, a total of 52,641 appeals remained pending at the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, almost 88% fewer than the 426,594 appeals identified in the 2018 court order.