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The Food and Drug Administration continues to recommend that health care professionals inspect all current and f
The AHA is advising hospital executives to beware of “vishing” calls targeting hospital executives after learning of a recent attempt to target one hospital.
Friday is the final day that hospitals can submit data to the AHA’s quarterly RACTrac survey.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will discuss ICD-10 implementation issues and testing opportunities during a National Provider Call Feb. 26 at 1:30 p.m. ET.
A new report from the AHA’s Committee on Research and Committee on Performance Improvement examines the changing health care landscape and the role trustees and community leaders can play to
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) published on Oct.
President Obama today released a fiscal year 2016 budget request that includes $431 billion in proposed reductions t
Ebola testing should be conducted only for individuals who meet the criteria for persons under investigation for Ebola Virus Disease, according to
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Medical Association and other physician and professional organizations last week urged health care professionals to promptly treat young chi
The Food and Drug Administration should not apply medical device regulations to Laboratory Developed Tests, AHA told the agency today.
More than 10.1 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Nov.
The Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care today celebrated 1 million online supporters.
Jonathan Perlin, M.D., the Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America’s chief medical officer and president of its clinical services group, was sworn in last week as 2015 AHA chai
New Jersey hospitals provided $2.8 billion in community benefits in 2013, according to a new report
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today released a draft national “
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday reported 84 cases of measles since Jan.
The AHA has extended to Feb. 6 the deadline for all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey.
North Dakota hospitals contribute an estimated $4.8 billion a year to the state's economy, according to a recent study by the North Dakota Hospital Association.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced that it will explore possible changes to the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program in rulemaking this spring.
Private-sector spending for coronary stent placement, laparoscopic appendectomy and total hip replacement varied widely by geographic area in 2009 and 2010, even after adjusting for geographic diff