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The Food and Drug Administration recently warned health care facilities of potential safety risks associated with battery-powered mobile medical carts, including reports of explosion, fires, smokin

The Food and Drug Administration should see how much it can leverage existing safety efforts to gather evidence and information about medical device safety, rather than relying on a separate and po

Federal payments for Part D catastrophic coverage exceeded $33 billion in 2015, more than triple the amount paid in 2010, according to a new

A partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act could increase the number of uninsured Americans by 29.8 million over 10 years, according to a new

Repealing the Affordable Care Act’s federal premium tax credits and Medicaid expansion to low-income adults in 2019 would result in a $140 billion cut in federal funding for health care and 2.9 mil

The share of Americans with pre-existing conditions who went without health insurance all year fell by 3.6 million people between 2010 and 2014, according to a

Patricia DePompei, R.N., president of University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and MacDonald Women’s Hospital in Cleveland, will serve as 2017 council chair of the

A federal judge yesterday rejected a request by the Department of Health and Human Services that he reconsider requirin

More than 8.7 million people selected a health plan through HealthCare.gov Nov. 1 through Dec. 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday.

The AHA today released its 2017-2020 Strategic Plan, which provides an

Daniel Mendelson, M.D., associate chief of medicine and director of palliative care for Highland Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY, will serve as 2017 council

The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative and American S

The Health Resources and Services Administration today released a final rule on drug

Minnesota, Missouri, New York, New Jersey, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon and Pennsylvania will participate in a two-year demonstration

The departments of Health and Human Services and the Treasury Friday granted Hawaii the first State Innovation Waiver under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act.

The number of drug overdose deaths per year rose 23% between 2010 and 2014, to 47,055, according to a recent report

The share of Americans who reported driving under the influence of alcohol in the past year fell from 15.3% in 2002 to 11.1% in 2014, according to a recent

Ann Schumacher, president of CHI Health Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha, NE, is 2017 council chair of the AHA’s Constituency Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services.

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) today int

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Dec.