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The hospital can be a scary place for anyone – especially children. Big machines, doctors in masks, and new places can seem like monsters to kids.
The Department of Health and Human Services expects 13.8 million people to select a health plan during 2017 open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplaces, about one million more than this ye
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today convened a Rural Health Solutions Summit
The Comprehensive Primary Care initiative generated $57.7 million in gross savings for Medicare Parts A and B in 2015, the second year of shared savings results, the Centers for Medicare & Medi
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthcare and Public Health Sector Critical Infrastructure Protection Program invites health care leaders to attend its annual partnership meetin
To continue to transform the health care delivery system and improve quality and affordability of care for patients, hospitals need the next administration and Congress to prioritize modernizing ou
Leonhard Lang has recalled certain lots of an automatic external defibrillator electrode because the user may not be able to connect it to the defibrillator when a shock is needed due to a compatib
The National Academy for State Health Policy today issued 11 proposals to help states rein in ris
A total of 168 organizations, including the AHA, last week urged House and Senate appropriators to maintain at least $334 million in budget authority for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host an Oct. 26 webinar and Nov.
The Department of Health and Human Services today awarded $29
The number one childhood disease isn’t leukemia or allergies or even asthma. It’s dental disease, according to the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) final rule for Medicare’s new physician payment system offers both challen
The AHA Friday asked a federal judge to require the Department of Health and Human Services to implement three “practicable solutions” to reduce the backlog of Medicare claims appeals a
The AHA strongly supports the innovations in care delivery and financing pioneered by the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly and generally supports the Centers for Medicare & Medica
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule with comment period implementing key provision
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today issued a
The Florida Department of Health yesterday announced five cases of local Zika virus transmis
The AHA has joined with the American Health Information Management Association Foundation, American Medical Informatics Association, and National Center for Healthcare Leadership to form the Health