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The AHA and dozens of other organizations yesterday urged House and Senate sponsors of the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act to reauthorize and expand the program which allows foreign-born medical graduates trained in the U.S. to practice medicine in rural and underserved areas.

The Department of Health and Human Services March 27 announced a series of actions as part of a department-wide restructuring. The department said the moves would not impact critical services. 

The AHA March 27 made a series of recommendations to the Physician‐Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee to address barriers to participating in population-based total cost-of-care and primary and specialty care models.

The AHA March 27 voiced opposition to the Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 2191), a bill that would lift the ban on the establishment of physician-owned hospitals in certain rural areas and permit the unfettered expansion of POHs nationwide, regardless of location.

A new AHA blog pushes back on some new reports that “have displayed a gross misunderstanding of both the legitimacy of various Medicaid financing arrangements and the consequences of stripping those resources from states trying to provide health care access to their most vulnerable residents.” 

The Senate March 25 confirmed Marty Makary as the new commissioner of the Food and Dr

The FBI March 26 advised that, after extensive investigation and intelligence review, they have not identified any specific credible threat targeted against hospitals in any U.S. city.

A study published March 26 by the National Instit

Mindy Estes, M.D., former CEO of Saint Luke’s Health System and former AHA board chair, and Nancy Howell Agee, CEO emeritus of Carilion Clinic and former AHA board chair, discuss the importance of

The Senate Finance Committee March 25 advanced Mehmet Oz’s nomination for administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services by a vote of 14-13.

Susan Monarez, acting director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been nominated to lead the agency, President Donald Trump announced March 24.

A KFF brief released March 24 compares the potential $880 billion in federal Medicaid cuts from the House-passed budget resolution to states' tax revenues, education spending and the number of Medicaid enrollees covered under the federal funding. The

The Department of Agriculture March 20 announced it will fund up to $100 million for projects exploring prevention, therapeutics, research and potential vaccines to treat bird flu.

A record 40,764 medical school seniors and graduates were matched to 43,237 U.S. residency positions offered, according to the National Resident Matching Program March 21.

An article in the latest edition of AHA's Trustee Insights explains why boards need to strengthen three key modes of governance — fiduciary, strategic and generative — to make smarter decisions and move from being good to great.

The Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Health and Human Services yesterday announced that the effective date for the final rule regarding telemedicine prescribing of buprenorphine will be further delayed from March 21 to Dec. 31.

There are 378 confirmed cases of measles in 17 states across the country, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Food and Drug Administration has identified a Class I recall of Becton, Dickinson and Company BD Alaris Systems Manager and BD Care Coordination Engine Infusion Adapters due to reports that customers using Systems Manager software who are also connected to the system’s CCE Infusion Adapter may experience delayed system response and backlogging of automated programming requests.

America’s hospitals and health systems are incubators of innovation, ideas and medical progress as they are constantly striving to improve patient care and advance health.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Justice March 19 announced the release of two documents warning against unlawful discrimination related to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace.