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The House Ways and Means Committee today voted 24 to 16 along party lines to approve the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (H.R. 1), legislation to reform the tax code. Among other changes, the bill would eliminate hospitals’ ability to access low-cost capital financing through tax-exempt private-activity bonds.
Hurricane Maria and other recent natural disasters have heavily compromised pharmaceutical manufacturing in Puerto Rico, leaving the U.S.
More than 601,000 people selected a health plan through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace during the first week of open enrollment, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Learn how Taylor Regional Hospital in Kentucky and Denver Health Medical Center improved transportation to health care for rural and urban residents in need during a Nov.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today held a
The House of Representatives yesterday voted 242-181 to approve legislation (H.R.
Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) is renewing a push to have House leadership protect the tax-exempt status of private-activity bonds as part of tax-reform efforts.
Voters in Maine yesterday approved a ballot measure that would allow at least 80,000 low-income Maine residents to qualify for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
In an article published online today by NEJM Catalyst, AHA
Omaha’s University of Nebraska Medical Center hopes it can change how at-risk youth think about violence by showing them what happens to gunshot victims inside the emergency department.
AHA today urged the Food and Drug Administration to take “any and all steps possible” to resolve worsening shortages of small-volume parenteral solutions that are fundamental to patient care in hos
San Antonio-area hospitals continue to care for victims of Sunday’s mass shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, TX, that left 26 dead and more than 20 injured.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to approve state Medicaid proposals that promote “community engagement activities” for able-bodied, working-age enrollees, CMS Administrator Seema
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is granting exceptions under certain Medicare quality reporting and value-based purchasing programs to hospitals and other health care facilities in cer
AHA today urged leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee to reject a proposal in the House Republicans’ tax reform package that would eliminate tax exemption for 501(c)(3) hospital bonds and advance refunding bonds.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Friday discussed principles to guide the expansion of Medicare telehealth coverage.
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration last week
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.06% in October to a seasonally adjusted 5,130,700 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics