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The Medicare Shared Savings Program generated $739.4 million in total net savings across 548 accountable care organizations in 2018, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma announced yesterday.

The Department of Health and Human Services through June 30 has reduced by 25% its backlog of Medicare appeals at the Administrative Law Judge level, according to a status report the agency recently provided to a federal court.

President Trump Friday signed a continuing resolution that funds the federal government through Nov. 21 and delays impending Medicaid cuts, among other provisions.

The Food and Drug Administration last week updated 2017 draft guidance to clarify the categories of clinical and decision support software subject to FDA oversight under the 21st Century Cures Act based on risk.

Nearly one in 10 Medicare enrollees aged 65 or older, and four in 10 younger Medicare enrollees with long-term disabilities, experience food insecurity, according to a study reported today.

While each hospital and health system has their own priorities and challenges, our mission as caregivers is the same: To advance the health of individuals and communities. Learning from each other is a great way to achieve that goal.

CMS’ proposal mandating the disclosure of negotiated charges between health plans and hospitals is the wrong approach, exceeds the Administration's legal authority and should be abandoned, AHA told the agency today.

The AHA today expressed support for the Closing Loopholes for Orphan Drugs Act, H.R. 4538, bipartisan legislation that would limit the “orphan drug” exclusion for 340B Drug Pricing Program rural and cancer hospitals.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday proposed surveying hospitals about their acquisition costs for specified covered outpatient drugs under the 340B drug savings program.

The National Institutes of Health yesterday awarded $945 million in fiscal year 2019 funding under its Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative for research projects to improve treatments for chronic pain, curb opioid use disorder and overdose rates, and support long-term recovery from opioid addiction.

NYC Health + Hospitals has published a guide to help hospitals and health systems plan and train for emerging infectious disease threats, and customize their plans specific to their unique clinical, operational and financial needs.

More than 1,000 human resource leaders and partners convened this week at the annual conference of the AHA’s American Society for Health Care Human Resources Administration in Chicago.

This is just one way AHA is working to help hospitals and health systems transform and advance health in America.

The Senate today voted 82-15 to approve a continuing resolution that funds the federal government through Nov. 21 and delays impending Medicaid cuts, among other provisions.

Senate Finance Committee leaders yesterday released the statutory text for the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 (S-2543), which closely mirrors the chairman’s mark that passed the committee in July.

At an AHA forum today in Denver, hospital and health system leaders shared how they are collaborating with other health care providers, payers, employers and community partners to deliver better care and value to consumers.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today updated the number of people with confirmed or probable lung injuries associated with electronic cigarette use or vaping products to 805 in 46 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands, including 12 deaths.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released the final four courses in the 11-course STRIVE online training series to help health care organizations prevent healthcare-associated infections.

The AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering this week released a new tool to help health care facilities monitor energy use.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued final rules reducing some regulatory burdens for providers participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and revising discharge planning requirements for hospitals, critical access hospitals and home health agencies.