Hospitals spend an average of 12.3% of their total expenses on community benefits, according to a new report by Ernst & Young.
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The Class of 2017 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year.
The AHA supports the intent of draft legislation to accelerate and improve the discovery, development and delivery of new cures and treatments for patients, but would strongly object to any reducti
The AHA today urged Congress to remove the perverse financial incentives that encourage Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors to deny claims; reduce payments to RACs with a high rate of overturned de
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released an update to its draft legislation to accele
The health care sector added 226,000 jobs over the past six months, the largest increase in at least 25 years, and now employs more than 15 million, according to the latest
The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum will host a webinar May 20 on the changing health care landscape and new ways to engage consumers. During the complimentary webinar, at 2:30 p.m.
A day after legislation to renew expired trade promotion authority failed to gain the 60 votes needed to clear a procedural hurdle, Senate leaders May 13 reached agreement to move forward on the pa
A package of trade bills that would have imposed additional sequestration cuts on Medicare was blocked today in the Senate, where it failed to gain the 60 votes needed to clear a procedural hurdle.
The AHA supports the intent of draft legislation to accelerate and improve the discovery, development and delivery of new cures and treatments for patients, but would strongly object to any reducti
A Pennsylvania court Wednesday granted summary judgment to a dozen hospitals that sued health insurer Highmark Inc. for passing on its 2% Medicare payment cut under federal sequestration.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued guidance on annual cost
A new guide by the AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative and Leavitt Partners outlines the pot
The most expensive 5% of enrollees accounted for almost half of annual Medicaid expenditures for Medicaid-only enrollees in fiscal years 2009 through 2011, according to a
The Health Resources and Services Administration Friday published a final rule allowing the Organ Pr
The World Health Organization Saturday declared Liberia free of Ebola virus transmissio
An AHA ad appearing this week in Capitol Hill publications highlights the many ways hospitals are working and reaching beyond their
Indiana hospitals participating in the Health Research & Educational Trust’s Hospital Engagement Network improved care for patients while saving an estimated $22.3 million in health care
The AHA Career Center is now the Health Career Center.
This is National Hospital Week, a time for hospitals to celebrate the employees, volunteers and others that contribute to their collective work.