Community Benefit
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) awarded $9.1 million in funding to 77 medical students in 30 states and the District of Columbia who will serve as primary care doctors in medically underserved areas and help strengthen the healthcare workforce.
The Louisiana Hospital Association (LHA) announced Jan. 24 a new workplace wellness initiative for hospitals throughout the state.
The Department of Health and Human Services granted more than $40 million to fund the Strong Start initiative aimed at reducing the number of preterm births in America, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Thursday.
Virginia's hospitals and health systems provided more than $2.2 billion in community support, accounted for $27.7 billion in economic activity and employed 129,000 individuals in the Commonwealth in 2010, according to a statewide report recently released by the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association.
Rick Santorum won three GOP contests yesterday: Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri, so I decided to take a look at where he stands on healthcare.
The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it will invest $156 million over two years to fight Alzheimer's disease and its ripple effects.
Iowa hospitals provide more than 700,000 jobs and pay more than $3.8 billion in salaries and benefits annually, according to a recent study conducted by the Iowa Hospital Association.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act saved more than $2.1 billion in the cost of prescription drugs for more than 3.6 million seniors enrolled in Medicare in 2011.
Chronic illness represents 75 percent of the $2 trillion in annual U.S. healthcare spending and is steadily moving toward crisis proportions, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
Remember how opponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) vowed to “repeal and replace” the measure? It was and is a great slogan but it’s no surprise that the sloganeers have been slow to follow through on the replace part -- even as they retain enthusiasm for pushing repeal.