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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks comments through Nov. 20 on a 鈥渘ew direction鈥 for its Innovation Center that will approach new model design through six guiding principles: choice and competition in the market; provider choice and incentives; patient-centered care鈥
The AHA again urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday to clarify how hospitals can share space, services and staff with other providers. 鈥淚f CMS is unable to release the guidance by Oct.
The AHA鈥檚 Hospitals Against Violence initiative will host a Sept. 25 webinar on a program designed to care for hospital caregivers who experience a stressful event or outcome during patient care. Leaders from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., will discuss their Care for鈥
Benjamin Van Voorhees, M.D., the University of Illinois Medical Center鈥檚 chief of general pediatrics, is teaching children coping skills through a combination of online learning and traditional counseling. He hopes a technology-based 鈥渂ehavioral vaccine鈥 can reduce the risk of mental illness for a鈥
The AHA today voiced opposition to a proposal introduced last week by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Dean Heller (R-NV) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The AHA today voiced opposition to a proposal introduced last week by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Dean Heller (R-NV) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act.
A bipartisan group of 10 governors today urged Senate leaders not to consider legislation unveiled last week to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act. 鈥淎s you continue to consider changes to the American health care system, we ask you not to consider the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-鈥
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) yesterday introduced legislation to extend funding for the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2022. Under the KIDS Act (S.
The average annual premium for employer-sponsored family health coverage rose 3% this year to $18,764, including employer and worker contributions, according to the latest annual survey of employer-sponsored health insurance by the Kaiser Family Foundation and AHA鈥檚 Health Research鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services has contracted with Emergent BioSolutions to develop and test a nasal spray treatment for cyanide poisoning. Exposure to high levels of cyanide, a potential chemical weapon, can cause death within minutes.