NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program application cycle to open
The next NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program (LRP) application cycle is expected to open in January. In an effort to expedite the application submission...
Get Smart About Antibiotics Week
It's Get Smart About Antibiotics Week, an annual one-week observance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to raise awareness of the threat of...
CMS releases final rule for CY 2017 OPPS/ASC payment systems
On Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year 2017 outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center (OPPS/ASC) final...
REMINDER: AHA post-election wrap-up
What do Tuesday's election results mean for hospitals?
Please make plans to join AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and Executive Vice President Tom Nickels...
OPPS Final Rule Finalizes Changes for Meaningful Use
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) addressed in the OPPS final rule updates to the requirements for eligible hospitals and critical access...
CMS Awarded New Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced its new Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors. Three contractors will perform post-payment review of Part A and...
BLS: Health care industry adds 31,000 jobs in October
The latest job numbers show that health care employment rose by 31,000 jobs in October.
New data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows...
AAMC: Number of women enrolling in medical school reaches 10-year high
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) says the number of women who enrolled in medical school this year rose by 6.2 percent to...
Marketplace opens for health insurance enrollment
The Health Insurance Marketplace opens today for its fourth open enrollment, offering every American the opportunity to sign up for health coverage under the...
Your PAC dollars at work
U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem. R-South Dakota, recently was presented with a $2,500 AHAPAC check from SDAHO board member Paul Hanson, CEO of Sanford USD...
