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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today heard oral arguments in a case brought by Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, KS, to overturn a 2015 National Labor Relations Board decision that directly threatens the confidentiality of the hospital peer review process.

Spectrum Health today received the 2016 Foster G.

Hospitals participating in Medicare accountable care organizations reduced rehospitalizations from skilled nursing facilities faster than other hospitals after the program was initiated, according

The National Quality Forum today na

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended through March 13 the deadline for eligible hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting and/or Medicare Electron

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule further l

LIFEPAK 1000 defibrillators may not be able to deliver therapy during a resuscitation attempt due to an intermittent connection between the battery and device electrical contacts, according to a

The rate of diabetes-related kidney failure decreased 54% among Native American adults between 1996 and 2013 to match the rate for whites, according to a Vital Signs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week announced

The House of Representatives today voted 227-198 to pass a fiscal year 2017 budget resolution

The Department of Health and Human Services today released a final rule that attempt

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday finalized recommendations that Congress forgo increasing or reduce Medicare payment rates in 2018 for home health agencies, skilled nursing facili

The Food and Drug Administration last month finalized a rule banning most powdered medical gloves i

The AHA today urged the Measure Applications Partnership to focus its 2017 recommendations for Medicare quality and pay-for-performance programs on measures that most optimize outcomes for patients

Medicare’s Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program has not accelerated the improvement of patient experience beyond previous trends, according to a

Americans who live in rural areas are more likely to die from heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease or stroke than their urban counterparts, according to a

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights this week

David Perlstein, M.D., president and CEO for SBH Health System in Bronx, NY, will lead AHA’s Committee for Clinical Leadership in 2017.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today finalized its recommendation that would update payments for hospital inpatient and outpatient services in 2018 as outlined under current law, that is,

The Senate voted 51-48 early today to pass a fiscal year 2017 budget resolution, beginning