About 15 state attorneys general have joined the federal Justice Department's probe of the proposed mergers of Aetna and Humana and Anthem and Cigna, according to a
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The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association and a coalition of national and state consumer organizations and unions have raised concerns about the proposed Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana merg
The National Academy of Medicine’s “Vital Signs” report offers “a promising roadmap for developing a more rational measurement system,” Rich Umbdenstock, AHA past pres
Nick Turkal, M.D., president and CEO of Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee, is 2016 chairman of the AHA's Constituency Section for Health Care Systems.
The AHA today urged the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to withdraw its draft recommendation to reduce Part B drug payment rates to hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
The proposed mergers of health insurance companies Aetna and Humana and Anthem and Cigna “are likely to substantially lessen competition in numerous health insurance markets in the U.S., to t
The White House Friday held a “Dialog on Men’s Health” to focus attention on the need to encourage men to be proactive about their health.
The Institute for Diversity in Health Management and Health Research & Educational Trust encourage all hospitals that have not completed the groups’ survey about efforts to address health
Every single day the men and women who lead America’s hospitals are confronted with a full plate of urgent problems that require their immediate attention.
Nearly 11.3 million Americans selected a 2016 health plan between Nov. 1 and Dec.
Annual growth in per capita spending for health care fell by 2.3 percentage points ($154) between 2000-2005 and 2005-2010, driven by slower growth in cost per case, according to a
An AHASTAT blog post today takes issue with a recent report that at
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.25% in December to a seasonally adjusted 4,987,800 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The AHA seeks hospital and health system trustees to serve on its Committee on Governance, Regional Policy Boards, and other governing councils and committees beginning in 2017.
The AHA will host a webinar on Jan.
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights today issued guidance
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey by Jan. 22.
More than 90% of children and 89% of adults consume too much sodium, that is, more than the recommended limits in the new 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, according to a
The departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture today released updated dietary guidelines for Am