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Ebola testing should be conducted only for individuals who meet the criteria for persons under investigation for Ebola Virus Disease, according to

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Medical Association and other physician and professional organizations last week urged health care professionals to promptly treat young chi

The Food and Drug Administration should not apply medical device regulations to Laboratory Developed Tests, AHA told the agency today.

More than 10.1 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Nov.

The Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care today celebrated 1 million online supporters.

Jonathan Perlin, M.D., the Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America’s chief medical officer and president of its clinical services group, was sworn in last week as 2015 AHA chai

New Jersey hospitals provided $2.8 billion in community benefits in 2013, according to a new report

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today released a draft national “

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday reported 84 cases of measles since Jan.

The AHA has extended to Feb. 6 the deadline for all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey.

North Dakota hospitals contribute an estimated $4.8 billion a year to the state's economy, according to a recent study by the North Dakota Hospital Association.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced that it will explore possible changes to the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program in rulemaking this spring.

Private-sector spending for coronary stent placement, laparoscopic appendectomy and total hip replacement varied widely by geographic area in 2009 and 2010, even after adjusting for geographic diff

Low-income uninsured adults in states that have not expanded Medicaid might save more than $1,000 per year, on average, in out-of-pocket costs if they could enroll in Medicaid rather than a subsidi

A new private-sector alliance of health care providers, purchasers, payers and others aims to accelerate value-based payment and align private- and public-sector approaches, the group

Nearly 7.3 million consumers selected or were re-enrolled in a health plan through HealthCare.gov between Nov. 15 and Jan.

Withdrawing health insurance subsidies in states with a federally facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace “would be a disaster for millions of lower- and middle-income Americans,” the

Hospitals and other facilities that have already submitted 2014 patient safety and long-term care data to the National Healthcare Safety Network should print their completed surveys before the netw

About 9.5 million consumers selected or were re-enrolled in a health plan during the first two months of open enrollment in the 2015 Health Insurance Marketplace, according to

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a webinar tomorrow at 12 p.m.