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The House of Representatives yesterday voted 230-183 to pass AHA-supported legislation (H.R. 986) that would rescind the administration’s latest guidance for states seeking a Section 1332 waiver of certain Affordable Care Act requirements.

The Food and Drug Administration yesterday published draft guidance to promote clinical studies to increase drug safety information for pregnant and nursing women and their providers.

The White House yesterday released a strategy to guide the federal government in protecting the nation from infectious disease threats by working with other nations and stakeholders.

Advancing health in America isn’t just about expanding access to care — it’s also about reaching people who need it. We all have to do our part to end human trafficking and help the victims who are suffering because of it.

President Trump today released guiding principles for addressing surprise medical bills.

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing on lowering prescription drugs prices, which focused on the drug supply chain.

At an AHA executive forum today in Atlanta, hospital and health system leaders shared insights and explored opportunities and challenges for driving innovation and value through collaboration with providers, payers, employers and community partners.

The AHA today responded to a RAND Corporation study that found that certain prices paid to hospitals by private health plans are high relative to Medicare and vary widely.

The Department of Justice this week issued formal guidance on how it awards credit to defendants who cooperate during a False Claims Act investigation.

The House Appropriations Committee yesterday voted 30-23 to approve with changes legislation that would provide $189.9 billion in base discretionary funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and related agencies in fiscal year 2020.

An estimated 9.4 percent of U.S. residents, or 30.4 million people, lacked health insurance when surveyed in 2018, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Training emergency medical services agencies to implement prehospital guidelines for traumatic brain injury doubled the survival rate for patients with severe head trauma, according to a study reported yesterday in JAMA Surgery.

Since announcing the strategic alliance between the AHA and UnidosUS last year, the organizations with leadership from the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity have developed a number of resources and participated in various activities to advance health equity and eliminate gaps for the Latino community.

The AHA today voiced strong support for the Protecting Local Access to Care for Everyone Act (H.R. 2552).

The House of Representative today passed two AHA-supported bills to promote generic and biosimilar competition in the prescription drug market.

The Senate Finance Committee today held a hearing on clinician payment reform under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 and how it could be further improved.

The White House Office of Management and Budget yesterday published a notice seeking comment on a potential change in the annual inflation factor that the Census Bureau uses to measure poverty.

Delaware hospitals have adopted a common protocol for identifying and assisting human trafficking victims.

Robert Pear, a reporter who covered health care policy and other national issues during 40 years at the New York Times, died Tuesday at age 69 from complications of a stroke.

A federal district court judge yesterday ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services would get "first crack at crafting appropriate remedial measures" to the nearly 30 percent cuts to Medicare payments affecting certain hospitals that participate in the 340B Drug Pricing Program.