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The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives will award a $5,000 scholarship in honor of AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock, CHIME CEO and President Russ Branzell said this week.
AHA today urged Congress to stop any proposal to further delay the Oct.
Eligible inpatient and cancer hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals now have until Feb.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a request for proposals for the second round of Hospital Engagement Network contracts.
The Massachusetts Hospital Association last week issued nine
Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional Healthcare System is partnering with the community on a series of educational and fun events to raise awareness about heart disease.
AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock urged rural hospital leaders to send Congress a strong message about protecting rural health care during the AHA-hosted 2015 Rural Health Care Leadership Conf
A federal appeals court today decided in favor of the Federal Trade Commission in a closely watched antitrust case (FTC v. St.
Almost 6.5 million people have qualified for an advance premium tax credit to purchase health insurance through HealthCare.gov during 2015 open enrollment, according to a
Rural health networks can apply through April 6 for a portion of $1.6 million in funding to support care coordination strategies to improve outcomes for patients with heart failure, chronic obstruc
A new toolkit from the AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative provides a framework and re
Fred Gattas Jr. and Margaret Wagner Dahl will serve as chair and chair-elect, respectively, for the AHA's 2015 Committee on Governance.
More than 100 hospitals have worked with the Wisconsin Hospital Association to improve care for more than 9,000 patients over the past three years, avoiding more than $87 million in health care cos
Virginia hospitals and health systems provided almost $3 billion in community benefit and other types of community support in 2013, according to a
Sharing best practices and spurring on peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the three-year AHA/Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET) Hospital Engagement Network (HEN), which ended las
The AHA late Friday filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Department of Health and Human Services in a federal lawsuit seeking to exclude all drugs with an “orphan” designation from a
The Government Accountability Office Friday issued a report summarizing actions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
The Food and Drug Administration Friday issued
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday published a final list of Essential Community Providers for plan year 2016, available on the CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued a rule finalizing cer