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The AHA's Hospitals Against Violence initiative, the Department of Health and Human Services鈥 National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center, and HEAL Trafficking Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. ET will host a webinar offering resources for health care professionals to combat human鈥
The AHA today released a new educational resource to help hospital and health system leaders with their efforts to reduce health disparities in their communities.
The AHA, Federation of 黑料正能量s, and Association of American Medical Colleges today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a D.C. Circuit Court decision that the Department of Health and Human Services violated the Medicare Act when it changed Medicare鈥檚 reimbursement adjustment formula鈥
The House and Senate Committees on Veterans鈥 Affairs yesterday held a joint hearing on progress to implement the VA MISSION Act of 2018, AHA-supported legislation that will consolidate the Department of Veterans Affairs' community care programs into a single permanent program.
A recent Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General audit report on 2013 inpatient rehabilitation facility stays 鈥渋s a prime example鈥 of the AHA鈥檚 ongoing concerns with OIG audit reports targeting potential Medicare overpayments to hospitals.
The Department of Health and Human Services this week issued a statement confirming that the agency will continue administering and enforcing all aspects of the Affordable Care Act.
About 71 percent of hospitals participated in at least one national health information network in 2017, according to a new report on electronic health information exchange by the Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
In a column published yesterday in Modern Healthcare, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and Atrium Health CEO Eugene A. Woods, who served as AHA Chairman in 2017, write about the potential ramifications of a federal judge鈥檚 recent ruling that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
More than 182,000 Virginia adults have enrolled in coverage effective Jan. 1 under the state鈥檚 Medicaid expansion and thousands more are eligible, Gov. Ralph Northam announced yesterday.
The Association of American Medical Colleges today named as its next president and CEO David Skorton, M.D., who currently serves as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.