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The Health Information Trust Alliance and Booz Allen Hamilton will host a free educational event on cybersecurity preparedness April 30 in Washington, D.C.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration last week issued revised federal guidelines
The National Institutes of Health this week named a working group that will seek public input on the design of a
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey, available today through April 17.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., last week vowed quick action on bipartisan legislation to replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula when the Senate reconve
The Class of 2017 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year.
By Jonathan Perlin, M.D. April is National Donate Life Month, when we encourage everyone to consider registering as organ, eye and tissue donors.
The AHA yesterday urged the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to consider certain changes to its draft recommendations for the Recovery Audit Contractor program.
In a 5-4 ruling today, the Supreme Court held that parties cannot challenge directly in federal court a
Hospitals paid under the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system can
Overall cancer incidence, or new cancer cases, decreased 0.5% per year between 2002 and 2011, according to the latest
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today
Every day, more than 750 elementary school students in Norwalk, Conn., arrive at school early for 45 minutes of jumping jacks, lunges, sprinting in the halls and other exercises and physical activi
The National Healthcare Safety Network now offers reports that can help hospitals target their infection prevention efforts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today.
Hospitals continue to appeal Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, according to the latest report from the AHA's quarterly RACTrac
The American health care worker being treated for Ebola virus disease at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, has improved from serious to fair condition, NIH
Two experimental Ebola vaccines appear to be safe, based on the first stage of a clinical trial in Liberia, the National Institutes of Health
The Senate adjourned early this morning for a two-week recess without taking a vote on H.R. 2, legislation to permanently repeal the flawed Medicare physician sustainable growth rate formula.
The Senate voted 52-46 early today to approve a budget resolution for fiscal year 201