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The AHA’s Hospital Against Violence initiative and its American Society for Healthcare Risk Management will co-host a Feb. 15 webinar on practical strategies for promoting a safe workplace culture. For more information or to register for the 3 p.m. ET webinar, click here.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack will host a live webcast Monday, Feb. 6, from the Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in Phoenix.
The AHA today urged Congress to work with the administration to stabilize the public Health Insurance Marketplaces for 2017 to prevent millions of consumers from losing coverage.
The Senate Finance Committee today voted 14-0, with no Democrats present, to advance the nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to serve as Health and Human Services secretary. No Democrats attended yesterday’s scheduled vote on the confirmation. To enable today’s vote, the committee…
The administration yesterday withdrew the Health Resources and Services Administration’s pending omnibus guidance for the 340B Drug Pricing Program. “We are pleased that the Administration chose not to finalize the Health Resources and Services Administration’s guidance, which, if enacted…
The Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Competitive Bidding Program will consolidate all bidding for 2019 contracts into a single round of competition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday. CMS by law must recompete the…
The AHA and its Association for Healthcare Volunteer Resource Professionals today released a guide to help hospitals and health systems develop strategic volunteer services to support the Triple Aim of improving the patient experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing…
Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Reps. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Dave Loebsack (D-IA) and Adrian Smith (R-NE) last night introduced AHA-supported legislation (S.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today held the first of two subcommittee hearings this week on Medicaid.
Hospitals supported one in nine U.S. jobs and more than $2.8 trillion in economic activity in 2015, according to the AHA’s latest annual report on hospitals as economic anchors in their communities. Hospitals were one of the top sources of private-sector jobs, directly employing more…