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Four in 10 acute care hospitals could electronically send, receive, find and integrate patient health information from outside providers or sources in 2017, up from three in 10 in 2016, according to a report released this week by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National…
A federal grand jury yesterday charged two Iranian men with developing and deploying the SamSam ransomware that has attacked hospitals and other computers in the past few years, the Department of Justice announced.
U.S. life expectancy at birth continued to decline in 2017, from 78.7 years to 78.6, largely due to increase deaths from unintentional injuries, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CVS Health yesterday announced it has completed its $69 billion acquisition of Aetna.
The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing, of which the AHA is a founding member, yesterday released a new ad urging Congress to keep its commitment to lower drug prices.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today held the fifth in a series of hearings on reducing health care costs, which focused on improving affordability through innovation.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT today released for comment a draft strategy on reducing regulatory and administrative burden related to the use of health information technology and electronic health records.
Seventy-three percent of U.S. health insurance markets are highly concentrated, based on guidelines used by the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to assess market competition.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced enhancements to the platform that web brokers use to enroll consumers in an exchange health plan, a process known as direct enrollment.
Clinicians eligible for the MIPS who live or practice in areas that were affected by Hurricanes Florence or Michael, or the California wildfires, will automatically qualify for the program’s extreme and uncontrollable circumstances policy unless they submit data for more than one MIPS performance…