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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force today issued a final recommendation that primary care clinicians screen all adolescents aged 12 to 18 for major depressive disorder. The panel said the screening should be implemented with adequate systems in place to ensure accurate diagnosis, effective…
Hospitals can apply through April 1 for a new American Society for Healthcare Engineering award for outstanding leadership in energy efficiency. The Energy Champion Award is part of ASHE’s Energy to Care program, which recognizes health care facilities that reduce their annual energy use by…
A federal appeals court Feb. 9 reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the AHA and several hospitals, which sought to compel the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to meet its congressionally mandated deadlines for reviewing Medicare claims denials. The…
A federal appeals court today reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the AHA and several hospitals, which sought to compel the Department of Health and Human Services to meet its congressionally mandated deadlines for reviewing Medicare claims denials.
President Obama today as part of his fiscal year 2017 budget request to Congress proposed nearly $420 billion in reductions to Medicare payments to providers. The proposed cuts are over 10 years. The budget request seeks an additional $27.6 billion over 10 years for Medicaid and the Children…
President Obama today announced a federal plan to enhance cybersecurity, which includes a new Commerce Department commission that will recommend by December how to strengthen cybersecurity in the public and private sectors.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today voted 22-0 to approve the Improving Health Information Technology Act (S. 2511), bipartisan legislation aimed at making electronic health records more interoperable.
An estimated 28.8 million U.S. residents lacked health insurance when surveyed during the first nine months of 2015, 7.2 million fewer than in 2014, according to preliminary estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The proportion of residents who were…
The AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to protect patients’ access to care when it implements Sec. 603 of the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act.
The AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to protect patients’ access to care when it implements Sec. 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. “The AHA is deeply disappointed that this law will result in substantial reductions to payments for services…