A recent cyber attack against information technology systems at health insurer Premera Blue Cross serves as another potent reminder to hospitals and other health care organizations of the importanc
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The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Engineering Monday presented Vista Awards to three hospital teams for construction, renovation and infrastructure projects that exemplify outstanding
Harnessing the power of information technology to improve care requires giving providers greater flexibility to deploy electronic health records, holding vendors accountable for safe, interoperable
Healthy competition can be a good thing, but it also can distract from the main goal.
House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) today unveiled the committee’s budget plan for fiscal year 2016, which would
Harnessing the power of information technology to improve care requires giving providers greater flexibility to deploy electronic health records, holding vendors accountable for safe, interoperable
AHA today voiced support for the Improving Access to Emergency Psychiatric Care Act (S. 599), bipartisan legislation to extend the Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration Program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday began mailing notices to certain hospitals participating in the Inpatient Quality Reporting program that may be subject to a reduction in
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and State Department are helping to privately transport to the U.S.
Seeking to preempt legislation, the Federal Trade Commission Friday
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday temporarily withdrew guidance for state survey agencies regarding the use of blood glucose strip meters in hospitals and other health care
About 16.4 million uninsured adults have gained health coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces and provision allowing young adults to remain on a parents plan
Hospital prices fell 0.1% in January compared to a year ago, the first such decline in at least 23 years, according to the latest
The Government Accountability Office Friday released data from its survey on sources of funds used by state
The Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care has extended its TV buy for another week, as Congress continues to negotiate a physician payment fix.
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation tomorrow will host the first in a series of Open Door Forums on its Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model.
AHA board member Bruce Bailey’s hospital career transpired in an unexpected way.
The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, today admitted for treatment an American heal
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed new contracts for Medicare recovery audit contractors violate contracting requirements under the Federal Acquisition Regulations, th