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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released software for calculating Medicare payments for inpatient care in fiscal year 2016 using ICD-10 codes.

Missouri-area hospitals had an average turnover rate of 16.3% among health care professionals in 2014, up from 12.9% in 2013, according to a new

The AHA and its Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate are surveying hospitals about their efforts to improve hospital discharge transitions as part a

Real change is happening in the city of Whittier, Calif., thanks to a health and wellness initiative that’s both for and powered by the community.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued “warning letters” to three duodenoscope manufacturers alleging certain regulatory violations. Olympus Corp. of the Americas and Hoya Corp.

Seven in 10 adults without health insurance in March were potentially eligible for full or subsidized coverage through Medicaid or the Health Insurance Marketplace, according to the Urban Institute

The recently announced mega deals in the insurance industry will lead to further consolidation of an already highly concentrated health insurance market and will not benefit consumers, says David B

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute today

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended to Sept. 14 the deadline for comments on its proposed star rating system for overall hospital-level quality.

The AHA recently posted a checklist reviewing key steps hospital leaders should take to ensure a successful transit

The Ohio Hospital Association, the nation’s first state-level hospital association, Friday

AHA Executive Vice President Rick Pollack on Aug. 14 helped the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) celebrate its 100th anniversary.

A total of 360 organizations have entered agreements with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to assume financial risk for an episode of care during the second phase of the Bundled Pay

There was no significant change in coverage rates for employer-sponsored health insurance for large, medium or small firms in 2014, according to a new

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a series of one-hour webinars in September on plans to publicly report certain 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System measures on the Phy

Overall hospital prices increased 0.2% in July and were 0.9% higher than a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Only one in four hospitals could electronically find, send, receive and use patient care information from sources outside their health system in 2014, according to

About 944,000 Americans used a special enrollment period to select a 2015 health plan at HealthCare.gov between Feb.

Prescription drug prices were 4.8% higher in June than a year ago, by far the highest growth rate for any health care category, according to the latest

The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum and the Association of American Medical Colleges will host a webinar Sept.