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CMS has delayed system edits that would require hospitals and health systems with multiple locations to include on outpatient prospective payment system claims for services provided in off-campus provider-based departments the exact same provider address entered in the Medicare Provider, Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System for that location.

The Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to delay implementing its final rule concerning certain statutory conscience rights in health care, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced Friday.

Hospitals and health systems may apply through Aug. 27 for a portion of $3 million in funding to create Pediatric Disaster Care Centers of Excellence to enhance pediatric care during public health crises.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday released a report on the final estimated results of the permanent risk-adjustment program for the 2018 benefit year.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week approved Section 1115 waivers allowing Minnesota and Nebraska to implement demonstration projects to increase access and treatment for Medicaid beneficiaries with opioid and other substance use disorders.

AHA’s Leadership Summit will deliver a speaker and topic to engage everyone, from trustee to clinician to CEO.

Medtronic has recalled certain MiniMed insulin pumps due to cybersecurity risks, and will provide alternative pumps to the estimated 4,000 U.S. patients using the pumps, the Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed guidance for hospital co-location with other hospitals or health care facilities “represents an important update to existing CMS policy,” AHA said today.

Fewer than 40% of the U.S. population has been tested for HIV, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported yesterday, although the agency recommends everyone aged 13-64 get tested at least once.

The AHA's American Organization for Nursing Leadership is accepting abstracts through Aug. 2 for its 2020 conference March 18-21 in Nashville, Tenn.

When the federal government and America’s hospitals and health systems work together, we can make a real difference for patients.

The Senate Judiciary Committee today passed four bills aimed at lowering prescription drug costs and increasing competition.

Hospitals spend close to $360 million each year to manage drug shortages, according to a study released this week by Vizient Inc.

Tax-exempt hospitals in the 340B drug savings program provided $56.1 billion in total benefits to their communities in 2016, the most recent year for which data is available, according to an analysis released today by the AHA.

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls for a national strategy to reduce cancer incidence and mortality and improve quality of life for survivors.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday approved Louisiana’s Medicaid plan amendment allowing supplemental rebate agreement negotiations with prescription drug makers for Hepatitis C therapies.

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions today voted 20-3 to pass the Lower Health Care Costs Act (S.1895) – bipartisan legislation focused on reducing health care costs.

The House Ways and Means Committee today passed the Opioid Workforce Act (H.R. 3414), AHA-supported legislation that would add 1,000 Medicare-funded training positions in hospitals with approved residency programs in addiction medicine, addiction psychiatry or pain management.

State Medicaid agencies can apply through Aug. 9 for planning grants to expand provider capacity to deliver substance use disorder treatment and recovery services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday.

The Department of Labor is tapping into the AHA and its professional membership groups to help expand health care apprenticeship programs across the country.