The House of Representatives today approved AHA-supported legislation (H.R. 5713) that would extend 25% Rule relief to long-term care hospital discharges between Oct. 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017.
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee today
Anthem's proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna's proposed acquisition of Humana would collectively quash competition in insurance markets across 24 states, according to an updated
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights recently issued
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has distributed about $2.5 million in laboratory supplies and equipment to enhance the nation’s capacity to test for Zika virus, the agency
Changes to the Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act (H.R.
As urged by the AHA, X12 voted last night on a solution for reporting the new unique devi
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee today held a hearing
The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care today kicked off a two-day summit focused on the future of advanced illness care.
A DC federal court trial judge today denied the government’s request to delay further proceedings in a case brought
Average Medicare payments for a lower extremity joint replacement hospitalization and 90-day post-discharge period declined $1,166 more for hospitals participating in the first 21 months of the Bun
Federal agencies will participate this week in more than 250 events as part of Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week,
The National Academy of Medicine today released
The Florida Department of Health has expanded the area of mosquito-born Zika virus transmission in Miami Beach to about 4.5 square miles, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a Sept.
Public health agencies and clinical data registries must report on their readiness to receive electronic public health measures by Oct.
More than 50 health care leaders discussed strategies to improve health equity and eliminate health care disparities at an AHA-Joint Commission summit today in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.
Hospitals that serve predominantly low-income, medically-underserved individuals may submit an application to the C