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Organizations that provide palliative or end-of-life care may apply through Aug. 16 for the 2020 Circle of Life Awards.
Despite some progress in transparency related to the process for Section 1115 Medicaid waivers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 鈥渁pproach to ensuring transparency when states propose major changes to their demonstrations has significant gaps.鈥
The Department of Homeland Security has released a new resource to help hospitals and health systems prepare for and respond to an active shooter incident.
Last week, Microsoft released security updates to fix a critical vulnerability in older versions of its Windows operating system.
Hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations can sign up this week to host an intern for this year's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity's Summer Enrichment Program.
he House of Representatives last night voted 234-183 to pass legislation (H.R. 987) that combines several AHA-supported bills to help lower prescription drug costs and strengthen the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 health insurance marketplaces.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 16 released a final rule with the intent of lowering drug prices for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and Part D programs.
A study released last week by Rand on prices paid by private health plans to hospitals 鈥渞elied on severely limited data and questionable assumptions to draw far-reaching conclusions about the way hospitals are paid for patient care,鈥 writes Aaron Wesolowski, AHA vice president for policy research,鈥
The Centers for Disease Control and the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association this week released updated recommendations for TB screening and testing for U.S. health care personnel.
U.S. birth rates declined for the fourth consecutive year with only 3.78 million babies born in 2018, the fewest in over three decades, according to a report released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.