The House Ways and Means Committee today held a hearing on “Pathways to Universal Health Coverage,” which debated various options to expand access to health coverage, ranging from Medicare for All to improving existing coverage.
More than half of the 4.2 million Americans who reported misusing prescription opioids when surveyed between 2012 and 2014 also reported binge drinking, according to a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week announced changes to the timeline for state surveyors to investigate in hospitals or critical access hospitals complaints specific to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act or to deaths associated with restraint or seclusion.
Missouri hospitals reported a record 19.5% employee turnover rate this year, according to a report released last week by the Missouri Hospital Association.
President Trump yesterday signed legislation providing $19.1 billion in disaster relief for areas affected by hurricanes, wildfires and other recent natural disasters.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week announced an anticipated shortage of Aplisol, one of two TB skin tests licensed by the Food and Drug Administration.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today requested new and innovative ideas for reducing administrative burdens for health care providers and patients as part of its Patients over Paperwork initiative.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday reported 1,001 cases of measles so far this year, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The House of Representatives yesterday passed by voice vote the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (S. 1379), which passed the Senate last month and now goes to the president for his signature.
The AHA today submitted comments to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on their bipartisan discussion draft legislation, the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019.
The AHA today shared with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a number of actions that the agency could take as part of its calendar year 2020 physician fee schedule proposed rule that would reduce the burden of clinical documentation.