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The Food and Drug Administration, National Health Information Sharing Analysis Center, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Homeland Security will hold a public workshop Jan. 20-21 on collaborative approaches to medical device cybersecurity. The workshop will highlight past…
The Government Accountability Office today issued comprehensive results from a survey of state methods for financing Medicaid payments from 2008 to 2012, a supplement to the agency’s July 2014 report on the survey. Based on a questionnaire sent to state Medicaid agencies, the 2014 report…
The AHA seeks applications through Jan. 22 for the 2016 Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership. Named after AHA President Emeritus Dick Davidson, the annual award honors a state, regional or metropolitan hospital association that demonstrates exceptional…
The AHA's Association for the Healthcare Environment recently announced its board president and president-elect for 2016. Gary Dolan, director of environmental services at the Village of Penn State in State College, PA, is 2016 board president. Pam Toppel, director of environmental services at…
The AHA invites hospital associations to apply through Jan. 22 for the 2016 Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership. Named after AHA President Emeritus Dick Davidson, the annual award honors a state, regional or metropolitan hospital association that demonstrates…
The nation has made significant progress toward transforming nursing roles, responsibilities and education to meet the promise of a reformed health care system and the nation's health needs, according to a report released today by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
The share of U.S. adults with high cholesterol declined 3.3 percentage points between 2007 and 2014, to 11%, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, about half of adults who should take cholesterol-lowering medications or make diet and exercise…
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.27% in November to a seasonally adjusted 4,973,500 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That's 13,400 more people than in October and 166,600 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of…
Multiple hospitals were caring for people injured during a mass shooting yesterday at a social services center in San Bernardino, CA, that killed at least 14 and wounded 21. Two suspects in the shooting were fatally shot during an afternoon police chase, according to news reports. Hospitals caring…
Hospitals continue to appeal Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, according to the latest report from the AHA's quarterly RACTrac survey. Hospitals participating in the third-quarter 2015 survey report appealing 47% of all RAC claim denials. For more than 84% of claims appealed to an…