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Once again, the Senate attempted to pass a proposal to repeal and replace significant parts of the Affordable Care Act. Once again, it met defeat – and we are grateful.
Natural disasters may shut down towns and cities, but they can’t shut down the human spirit.
Once again, health coverage for tens of millions of Americans is at risk. The Senate is considering yet another proposal, by Sens.
Are you ready for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act or MACRA? The AHA’s MACRA resources are designed to support your needs as you implement MACRA’s sweeping changes.
By Jay Bhatt, D.O., AHA Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Today, Washington’s focus – and the media headlines – have begun to shift to matters like tax reform, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an infrastructure package, and relie
By Allen Weiss, M.D.
Health isn’t created by doctors and nurses, but by friendships and families … by good air, food, houses, roads and jobs … by strong communities and good schools.
Hurricane Irma, the second historic storm to threaten the U.S.
Helping patients overcome socioeconomic barriers to better health by building partnerships that improve the community’s health will be critical to hospitals’ and health systems’ ability to continue
The panel that advises the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on hospital outpatient payments sent a clear signal to the agency this week: Don’t shortchange patients’ access to vital phar
Looking for more evidence of the stellar work being done in health care across the country?
The AHA is eager to recognize excellence among America’s hospitals and health systems.
After a one-year hiatus the AHA Quest for Quality Prize is back, updated to reflect the hospital and health system field’s broader emphasis on quality and improving health status. Oct.
More than 140 Americans die from a drug overdose every day – that’s more than from gun homicides and car crashes combined.  Most of these deaths are due to prescription painkillers, heroin and
The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) affiliate recently released a resource that points the way towar
Senators have left Washington for their home states for a month-long recess.
The health care world is changing. New technologies are moving the field in new and different directions, all of which is good news for patients.