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Join AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 4 p.m.
The AHA today named Ashley Thompson as its senior vice president for public policy analysis and development.
The AHA today urged the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to provide greater detail about the characteristics and metrics used to assess the standards identified
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today reported on its ongoing development of a post-acute payment system prototype, the first stage in a multi-step process to replace the current prospecti
Twenty communities will compete to sign up more of their eligible uninsured residents for coverage in the Health Insurance Marketplaces this open enrollment period, the White House
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.36% in October to a seasonally adjusted 4,963,200 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee last night voted 18-12 to approve a
The AHA today voiced support for the Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rule on nondiscrimination for health programs and activities, but urged the agency to clarify that diffe
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week announced a
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has partnered
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and AHA Chair-elect Designate Gene Woods, president and chief operating officer of CHRISTUS Health, this week released a
Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital, a 2014 AHA Equity of Care Award recipient, is working to ensure that all its patients receive high-quality care, and that the organization reflect
As a “facilitated enrollment service” provider for the state of New York, the 24-member Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council in Hauppauge has been working to help enroll uninsured Long Islan
Commenting today on a substitute amendment to the Helping Families in Men
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today approved by voice vote the Synthetic Drug Control Act (H.R. 3537).
Hospital-acquired conditions declined by 17% (1.3 million) between 2010 and 2013, saving an estimated 50,000 lives and $12 billion in health care costs, according to
Leaders of the Senate Special Committee on Aging today
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in collaboration with the Maryland Hospital Association and AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative, tomorrow will host the fi
The fall issue of AHA’s Great Boards newsletter features articles on best practices for