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Unless overturned, a recent Court of Appeals decision in a False Claims Act case 鈥渕ay force hospitals to adopt fundamental changes to their compensation practices at significant cost and loss of productivity.鈥
Between one-third and one-half of U.S. clinicians experience burnout and addressing the epidemic requires systemic changes by health care organizations, educational institutions and all levels of government.
Improving healthy equity can provide 鈥渢remendous value鈥 to patients, communities, hospitals and the health care delivery system in the United States.
A coalition of 15 health care organizations, including the AHA, today voiced support for the Rural ACO Improvement Act (S. 2648), legislation that would revise the benchmarking formula for the Medicare Shared Savings Program to ensure participating accountable care organizations have an equal鈥
The Republican Study Committee today announced a proposed alternative to the Affordable Care Act and Democratic proposals for a government-run health care system.
The Medicare for America Act could force one-third of American workers off employer-sponsored health insurance, according to a study by KNG Health Consulting prepared for the Partnership for America鈥檚 Health Care Future.
The average premium for a benchmark plan at HealthCare.gov will decline 4% in 2020 to $388, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today.
Arizona has decided to postpone implementing a requirement that certain adults work or participate in training or community service an average 80 hours per month to continue qualifying for Medicaid.
A federal judge today reaffirmed her previous order to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to vacate cuts to Medicare payments for hospital outpatient services provided in off-campus provider-based departments grandfathered under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 that were included as鈥
AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson today announced a $215 million settlement with two Ohio counties that claimed their practices contributed to the opioid epidemic.