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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week released a report summarizing 2014 data on health care access and use of clinical preventive services by adults, based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey. The authors say the data can be used as a baseline to assess…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced it will extend its transitional policy for non-grandfathered coverage in the small group and individual health insurance markets to policy years beginning on or before Oct. 1, 2018, provided that all such policies end by Dec. 31…
The AHA’s American Organization of Nurse Executives and Health Research & Educational Trust will host a March 14 webinar on “Partnering for Progress in Quality and Safety.”
The AHA, along with Baxter International Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust, is accepting applications through April 7 for the 2017 Foster G. McGaw Prize. The prize honors health care organizations that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to community service.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia yesterday issued its full opinion blocking Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna, which would have reduced the number of major national health insurers from five to four. As noted in the Feb. 8 order blocking the deal, U.S.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has launched a clinical trial to test an investigational vaccine designed to protect against a range of mosquito-transmitted diseases – such as Zika, malaria and West Nile and dengue fevers – by triggering an immune response…
The AHA’s 2016 Committee on Performance Improvement today issued a report to help hospital and health system leaders align the skills and abilities of their organization’s current workforce with anticipated needs as health care continues to change.
The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Risk Management has named as its new executive director Matthew Hornberger, who previously served as associate executive director. He succeeds Kimberly Hoarle. Hornberger, a certified association executive, serves on the Board of Directors for the…
Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly today issued two memoranda regarding border security and immigration policy enforcement. The guidelines outlined in the memoranda largely impact DHS enforcement actions against undocumented immigrants already within the United States and…
The Trump administration today joined House Republicans in asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to continue to suspend proceedings in House v. Price (formerly House v. Burwell) “to allow time for a resolution that would obviate the need for judicial…