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This year’s wildly unpredictable presidential campaign and a truncated legislative calendar has Congress less active and more cautious than usual, AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels tol

In a rapidly changing health care environment, all hospitals seek a path forward that “leads to better health outcomes, better services at lower cost,” AHA Chairman Jim Skogsbergh said

Eliminating disparities in care is the “next frontier&rdq

In a video message delivered to the annual meeting, Sen.

Congress needs to help “providers, families and patients cope wi

Congress must move forward with “bold solutions” to protect Medicare for today’s seniors and preserve the program for future generations, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX)

Hospitalizations for opioid abuse/dependence increased 72% between 2002 and 2012 to an estimated 520,275 per year, while hospitalizations for opioid-associated infections rose 91% to 6,535, accordi

Early evidence suggests that the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act of 2012 has reduced drug shortages overall, but not for acute care drugs, according to a

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced a competition to de

More than 190 nursing schools have pledged to educate their advanced practice registered nursing students on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines for prescribing o

The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to suspend the pain-related questions in the Value-Based Purchasing Program while the agency works to address concerns the quest

About 11% of patients tested for arboviruses in Puerto Rico since last November were infected with Zika virus, according to a

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday announced the next set of contract suppliers for certain Medicare durable me

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will hold two webinars and a national provider call on its recently released

The AHA will host a May 19 webinar on a Department of Health and Human Services Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals pilot project t

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell has named Andrew Bindman, M.D., director of the Agency for Healt

House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats, along with the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, today marked the end of Nat

As National Hospital Week approaches, the AHA invites member hospitals to submit mobile videos or photos highlighting the important role hospitals play in their communities.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved two additional AHA-supported bills as par

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today opened registration for a May 12 webinar o