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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a number of efforts underway to support North Carolina in response to Hurricane Dorian.
As American health care continues to transform, hospitals and health systems are leading the way forward, fueling innovation and delivering greater value to patients, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack wrote today in an advertorial in the Wall Street Journal.
A federal judge yesterday approved CVS Health鈥檚 $69 billion acquisition of Aetna. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, who asked to review the case.
Hospital mergers enhance quality for patients and reduce costs, according to a Charles River Associates study released today.
The Department of Health and Human Services today announced more than $1.8 billion in funding to states to combat the opioid crisis by expanding access to treatment and supporting near real-time data.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has awarded 34 organizations grants to help consumers shop for and enroll in health coverage as navigators in states with federally-facilitated health insurance exchanges.
ONC yesterday selected the Sequoia Project to maintain the Common Agreement component of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement.
The Department of Health and Human Services has declared public health emergencies in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina as Hurricane Dorian continues to move closer to the Southeast coast.
The Federal Communications Commission鈥檚 Connected Care Pilot Program is 鈥渁 welcome and critical step鈥 toward advancing the progress of connected care, and the FCC should 鈥渁dopt rules that will implement the Pilot Program as soon as possible,鈥 the AHA said.
To reduce risk of patient infection, the Food and Drug Administration recommends health care facilities transition to using duodenoscopes with disposable components.