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Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.08% in January to a seasonally adjusted 5,080,700 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Spectrum Health’s Healthier Communities Vice President Kenneth Fawcett, M.D., likens the scope of his organization’s community outreach to the “sun passing from horizon to horizon
Vickery Meadow is a slice of Northeast Dallas known as the “Little United Nations” because it is home to some 25,000 refugees who speak more than 50 languages.
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday warned that produc
The Internal Revenue Service yesterday alerted payroll and human resources professionals to beware of a continuing phishing email scheme that purports to be from company executives and requests W-2
Due to system issues with its QualityNet secure portal, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended to Feb.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a training resource for hospital leaders that provides guidance on developing informed consent policies and securing organizational suppo
The AHA Committee on Nominations is accepting nominations for chair-elect of the Board of Trustees, as well as five trustees at large, all of whom will take office Jan. 1, 2018.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack will host a live webcast Monday, Feb. 6, from the Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in Phoenix.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today held a hearin
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday announced propose
Hospitals and health systems have been leaders in controlling costs in the health care sector, with hospital price growth in 2015 at the slowest annual rate since 1998 and Medicare spending growth
The AHA’s Hospital Against Violence 
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack will host a live webcast Monday, Feb. 6, from the Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in Phoenix.
The AHA today urged Congress to work with the administration to stabilize the public Health Insurance Marketplaces for 2017 to prevent millions of consumers from losing coverage.
The Senate Finance Committee today voted 14-0, with no Democrats present, to advance the nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to serve as Health and Human Services secretary.
The administration yesterday withdrew the Health Resources and Services Administration’s pending omnibus g
The Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Competitive Bidding Program will consolidate all bidding for 2019 contracts into a single round of competition, the Cent
The AHA and its Association for Healthcare Volunteer Resource Professionals today released a