The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services June 30 issued its calendar year 2026 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system. This rule would reduce HH payments by an estimated 6.4% ...

The AHA June 29 sent a letter to senators urging them to amend the budget reconciliation bill before its final passage in the Senate. The Senate version of the bill proposes even greater cuts to ...

In a Q&A, Becky Pletzer, a social worker and mother, explains how critical Medicaid has been to support her son with ...

Real Lives, Real Care” features Melissa Fannon-Wisner, DNP, nurse educator and nurse practitioner at Valley Health’s ...

The Joint Commission June 30 announced a new, streamlined process that removes 714 requirements from its hospital ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration June 30 released a proposed rule to remove what remains of its emergency ...

Avera Health is working with a local college and high school to create a career track for nursing students to join the health system.

Chad Golder, general counsel at the AHA, recently joined me on the Leadership Dialogue for a conversation on our current ...

In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health and 2025 AHA board chair, talks with Chad Golder, general counsel for the American Hospital ...

AHA shares very serious concerns with the amendment in the nature of a substitute for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) (H.R. 1) that is being considered by the Senate.

On behalf of the patients and communities we serve, America’s hospitals oppose the Senate substitute to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services June 27 announced the rollout of a 6-year technology-enabled prior authorization ...