AHA shares feedback in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ information collection request (ICR) regarding the Medicare Transaction Facilitator (MTF) and the Medicare drug ...

Thanks for listening to the Advancing Health podcast — we hope you have found it engaging and informative! As we wrap up 2024, we’re sharing highlights from two of our most popular episodes of the ...

In Seattle, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center’s grant-backed Breast Health Equity Program set out in 2020 to improve rates of up-to-date mammography screening for Black women, while also increasing ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 20 solicited an additional 10 participants for its Rural Community Hospital Demonstration program. This program tests cost-based reimbursement for ...

The AHA's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity is seeking applicants by Jan. 10 for its 10-month Executive Certificate in Diversity and Health Equity fellowship, providing health care ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dec. 18 announced that a patient in Louisiana was hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 bird flu, the first known instance of severe infection in the U ...

The U.S. spent $4.9 trillion on health care in 2023 — a 7.5% increase from 2022 — the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported Dec. 18 in Health Affairs. The report cited increases in service ...

The FBI Dec. 16 released an alert warning of malicious activity by cyber actors using Hiatus Remote Access Trojan malware to attack Chinese-branded web cameras and digital video recorders. HiatusRAT ...

The official platform for Settlement Class Members in the Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust litigation is now available to providers and facilities. The platform provides important information such as ...

The arrival of the holiday season and the coming New Year remind us of the swift passage of time. But they also demonstrate the timelessness of human kindness. Countless examples of compassion, ...

Life expectancy in the U.S. grew an average of 10.8 months in 2023, to 75.8 years for men and 81.1 years for women, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The overall ...