The AHA today expressed support for the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173), bipartisan legislation that would establish requirements for the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans.
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Two 60-second radio news releases featuring local and clinical health care leaders discussing the importance of getting vaccinated began airing today in Arkansas and Nebraska.
On this AHA podcast, Kate Sommerfeld, president of social determinants of health at ProMedica, discusses how the health system leveraged community partnerships to address the social and economic issues.
When COVID-19 was rapidly sweeping through the country in spring 2020, Americans instinctively did what they have done for generations in times of peril: They turned to hospitals for safety, securi
The AHA and the National Independent Laboratory Association today flagged for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners deeply concerning actions by UnitedHealthcare to implement a “misleading” new benefit plan design.
The White House today released a memo urging business executives to immediately convene their leadership teams to discuss ransomware threats and review corporate security posture and business continuity plans.
The Biden administration today provided details on its plan to allocate 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to low- and middle-income nations.
Leaders from Chicago-based Esperanza Health Centers, a federally qualified health center, discuss their work to keep the city’s Southwest Side community healthy throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our hospitals and health systems are not immune to violence, but they have made great efforts to curb it, writes AHA Board member and Hospitals Against Violence advisory group chair Mary Beth Kingston, R.N.
The Government Accountability Office this week appointed two new members to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and reappointed four current members.
AHA encourages hospitals, health systems, community organizations, public health departments and other partners to participate by using #CHIWeek on social media to share stories, events and ways to promote health and reducing health inequities.
AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence gathered more than 217 health care professionals and community partners to hear from human trafficking experts, survivors and health care leaders who are working to advance anti-trafficking efforts in their organizations.
The National Institutes of Health yesterday reported that a healthy diet from around the time of conception through the second trimester may reduce for women the risk of several common pregnancy complications.
On June 4, AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative encourages everyone to stand together for the fifth-annual #HAVhope Friday. This national day of awareness unites hospitals, health systems, nurses, doctors and other professionals to highlight programs and initiatives that help mitigate violence in the workplace and their communities.
New research by the National Institutes of Health has confirmed the safety of blood donation and transfusions from COVID-19. NIH concluded that transfusions’ likelihood of infection transmission is a little over 1 in 100,000, or 0.001%.
Moderna yesterday announced an agreement to use Thermo Fisher Scientific to increase the scale of its COVID-19 vaccine finish/fill sterile manufacturing. The deal will enable production to begin in the third quarter of 2021.
The National Institutes of Health yesterday announced the start of a phase 1/2 clinical trial to investigate the safety and immunogenicity of mixed boosted COVID-19 vaccination regimens.
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday announced a new type of public-private partnership to accelerate the development and commercialization of technologies and medical products needed to respond to, or prevent, future public health emergencies, such as pandemics, and other health security threats.
President Biden today announced a national month of action to mobilize the nation to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before the Fourth of July. The White House’s goal is to get 70% of U.S. adults vaccinated with at least one shot by July Fourth.
The AHA tomorrow, June 3, at 1 p.m. ET will host a webinar featuring Michael Fallahkhair, senior advisor for Federal Office of Rural Health Policy at the Department of Health and Human Services, who will discuss federal funding opportunities to assist rural hospitals and rural health clinics with efforts related to COVID-19 testing, mitigation and vaccination.