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ECRI Institute today identified surgical stapler misuse as the leading health technology safety concern.
The U.S. has retained its measles elimination status for another year, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday.
In a letter to the editor responding to a recent editorial in Modern Healthcare, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack says hospitals are working to supply information on consumers’ expected out-of-pocket costs.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday discussed several potential changes to restructure the Part D benefit.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its resources for health care providers on vaping-associated lung injury to include a poster for clinical settings.
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a new pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for certain adults and adolescents who do not have HIV but are at risk for infection from sex.
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.15% in September to a seasonally adjusted 5,267,000 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
AHA’s Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, and Priya Bathija, vice president of The Value Initiative, today addressed the 2019 Management Institute at Ohio State University’s Division of Health Services Management and Policy.
President Trump today issued an executive order calling for policies “to protect and improve the Medicare program by enhancing its fiscal sustainability through alternative payment methodologies that link payment to value, increase choice, and lower regulatory burdens imposed upon providers.”
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today held a field hearing in Chicago on the public health impact of gun violence, the role of research and prevention approaches.