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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Drug Enforcement Administration are investigating recent increases in overdose fatalities related to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 ti
The House yesterday voted 266-167 to pass legislation to raise the nation’s debt limit and set spending targets for the federal budget for the next two fiscal years. Site-neutral pa
Congressional leaders and the White House have struck a deal to raise the nation’s debt limit and have agreed to spending targets for the federal budget for the next two fiscal years.
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s proposed omnibus guidance for the 340B Drug Pricing Program would jeopardize hospitals’ ability to serve vulnerable populations, inclu
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators yesterday urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate possible illegal collusion by saline solution manufacturers.
The average rate increase for benchmark plans in the 2016 Health Insurance Marketplace is 7.5%, according to a new
The age-standardized death rate for all causes combined fell 43% between 1969 and 2013, according to a study
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) proposed omnibus guidance for the 340B Drug Pricing Program would jeopardize hospitals’ ability to serve vulnerable populations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted the final incentive payment adjustment factors for the fiscal year 2016 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, which are being used t
Congress should preserve the 340B Drug Pricing Program to protect access to life-saving medications and services for vulnerable hospital patients, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack writes today in
About 13.6 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Aug.
Imagine Solutions will host its 2016 leadership conference on Feb. 22 in Naples, FL.
The U.S. Senate yesterday approved by unanimous consent the bipartisan Protecting Our Infants Act (S. 799).
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) will host a Nov.
Health care providers, technology vendors and the government must work together to make health information easier and less expensive to share, writes Mitzi Cardenas, chief information officer for T
The AHA's Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development last week presented 2015 Awards for Indiv
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a new FAQ clarifying the alternate exclusion
The Baldrige Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2016