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About 5.3% of middle school students and 16% of high school students reported using electronic cigarettes in the past month when surveyed in 2015, up from 0.6% and 1.5%, respectively, in 2011, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Declines in use of鈥
Sufficient evidence has accumulated to infer a causal relationship between prenatal Zika virus infection and microcephaly and other severe brain anomalies, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published today by the New England Journal of Medicine. The study鈥
Nearly 15 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Jan. 31, 2016, increasing total enrollment in the programs by 26.5% since the start of the first open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplace, according to a report 鈥
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey by April 22. The free web-based survey helps AHA gauge the impact of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program on hospitals and advocate for needed changes. For more information on the RACTrac initiative, visit www.鈥
John McDonough, 81, this June will celebrate his 20th year as a volunteer for UnityPoint Health-St. Luke鈥檚 Hospital鈥檚 鈥淪enior Health Insurance Information Program鈥 (SHIIP) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Through SHIIP, he and other volunteers have helped thousands of area seniors sort鈥
When Joe Hickey became executive director of St. Patrick鈥檚 Center in 2011, he established a day shelter to provide showers, laundry, telephone access and meals for homeless residents in Wilmington鈥檚 poverty-stricken east side 鈥 the poorest zip code in the state of Delaware. Soon,鈥
For 2014 health plans serving the individual market, the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 risk adjustment program worked as intended to shift funds from insurers with low-cost enrollees to insurers with high-cost enrollees, according to a report released today by the American Academy of Actuaries鈥
The average monthly premium for people buying health insurance through HealthCare.gov rose by 8%, or $30, in 2016, according to a report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services. About 85% of HealthCare.gov consumers received a premium tax credit, which reduced their鈥
As National Hospital Week approaches, the AHA invites member hospitals to submit mobile videos or photos highlighting the important role hospitals play in their communities.
The AHA and AMGA are offering a new fellowship to help member hospitals and health systems with employed physicians create clinically integrated medical groups to manage population health and succeed in new payment models under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. The Learning鈥