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The National Collaborative for Improving the Clinical Learning Environment has released two new resources.
The AHA, Federation of American Hospitals, and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists today convened a panel of experts on Capitol Hill to discuss how continued rising drug prices, as well as shortages for many critical medications, are disrupting patient care and forcing hospitals to delay…
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday updated health care providers about a type of lymphoma associated with breast implants and recommendations to inform patients about the risk and report, evaluate and treat the condition. Providers, patients and manufacturers have reported 457 cases of…
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has entered a consent decree prohibiting Ranier’s Rx Laboratory Inc. from manufacturing or distributing compounded drugs until they comply with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and Food and Drug Administration regulations.
Clinicians can now look up their preliminary eligibility status for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, one of two payment pathways for clinicians under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
About 29 percent of adults with health insurance last year were underinsured, with high deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses relative to their income.
The AHA's Rural Health Care Leadership Conference wrapped up today with a keynote session on the future of health care.
Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., John Boozman, R-Ark., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., today introduced the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, AHA-supported legislation that would add 15,000 Medicare-funded residency positions over five years to alleviate physician shortages that threaten patients'…
Nearly 50 health care and consumer groups, including the AHA, voiced their support for the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act as it was reintroduced yesterday in the new Congress.
In his state of the union address last night, President Trump said lowering the cost of health care and prescription drugs and protecting patients with pre-existing conditions were some of his major priorities.