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The Drug Enforcement Administration last week launched a new online database for reporting “suspicious orders” of opioids and other controlled substances.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week released for comment a proposal that Medicare cover diagnostic laboratory tests that use Next Generation Sequencing for patients with a breast or ovarian cancer that may be inherited.

Indiana will suspend a requirement that some adult Medicaid beneficiaries work or engage in activities such as job training or volunteer work to remain eligible for coverage until a lawsuit challenging the program is resolved.

Maryjane Wurth, AHA executive vice president and COO, previews a new blog series focused on innovation and transformation.

Members of the House and Senate Telehealth Caucus today introduced the CONNECT for Health Act, AHA-supported legislation that would expand access to telehealth for Medicare patients and remove barriers to its adoption and use by hospitals and other providers.

The number of U.S. children without health insurance rose by 406,000 or 11.1% between 2016 and 2018, to 4.06 million

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration today launched FindTreatment.gov, a website to help Americans locate substance use disorder treatment services.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Nov. 14 call for clinical diagnostic laboratories, including hospital outreach laboratories, on reporting data for the Clinical Diagnostic Test Payment System in 2020.

The AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity encourages all hospitals to complete its 2019 Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Survey.

The concept of age-friendly health systems resonates with most older patients and their caregivers, especially patients with multiple chronic conditions, according to a survey by WebMD released today by the John A. Hartford Foundation.

The House of Representatives last night passed the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act (H.R. 728), legislation that would reauthorize federal programs to develop the nursing workforce for five years.

The AHA, American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and Institute for Safe Medication Practices today voiced strong support for the Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act.

The AHA today submitted comments to House leaders on the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3), legislation that would make a series of changes to the Medicare program in an effort to lower the price of prescription drugs.

Consumers in most states can now preview 2020 individual market health plans, prices and quality rating information at www.HealthCare.gov.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is accepting applications through Jan. 22 from primary care practices in 26 regions to participate in the Primary Care First model.

The Health Resources and Services Administration Friday awarded cities, counties, states and community organizations $2.27 billion in fiscal year 2019 grants to support medical and support services.

Cultivating the right future leaders and caregivers is essential for top-quality patient care.

The Food and Drug Administration today alerted the public to growing concern about the potential for medical device shortages as facilities that sterilize devices using ethylene oxide close.

AHA today voiced support for several proposed changes to the federal regulation governing the confidentiality of substance use disorder patients’ records that would reduce the burden and delay associated with accessing certain recovery services and add declared disasters to the list of exceptions.

The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a final rule rescinding the standard unique health plan identifier and other entity identifier.