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For 12 months after ICD-10 implementation, physicians and other practitioners who bill Medicare under the Part B physician fee schedule will not have claims denied by Medicare review contractors ba

A new infographic from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services outlines fi

The Department of Health and Human Services today awarded $228.5 million to s

Aetna plans to acquire Humana Inc.

The Department of Health and Human Services last week issued county-level

Hospital representatives are invited to attend a

A more flexible two-midnight policy could offer good news for hospitals, the AHA said last week in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) release of the proposed

Adults who are poor or lack health insurance are more likely to report serious mental illness and thoughts of suicide than other adults, according to a new

Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.22% in June to a seasonally adjusted 4,887,000 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics

The summer issue of AHA’s Great Boards newsletter shares governance best p

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a proposed rule f

The Food and Drug Administration will not enforce certain prescription drug tracing requirements against dispensers until Nov.

The AHA today urged the Food and Drug Administration to clarify certain provisions in its draft memorandum of understanding with states for interstate distribution of compounded drugs, which pharma

Community Catalyst, a national consumer advocacy group focused on health and health care, this week urged the Internal Revenue Services to clarify Form 990 Schedule H to support the inclusion of im

The Department of Health and Human Services today launched a National Ebola Training and Education Center

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday

The AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and Center for Healthcare Governance will present findings from their recent study on physician organization governance during a half-day complimentary program

A report released today by the Institute of Medicine recommends strategies and

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia should overturn a National Labor Relations Board decision permitting an incumbent union at a hospital to organize only a small portion of the bargaining unit’s unrepresented non-professional employees, the AHA and Federation of American Hospitals said in a friend-of-the-court brief filed yesterday.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today updated the Open Payments website with 2014 data on transfers o