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AHA urged the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to reconsider its pursuit of site-neutral payment policies for inpatient rehabilitation facilities and skilled-nursing facilities.

The Health Resources and Services Administration will require hospitals in the 340B Drug Pricing Program to register their off-site outpatient departments with the 340B Office of Pharmacy Affairs within 90 days.

To enjoy a healthy Thanksgiving with family and friends, get vaccinated against the flu and COVID-19.

Nigel Girgrah, M.D., chief wellness officer at Ochsner Health, discusses the business case for workforce well-being.

Older adults are living and working longer than any time in our history, redefining what life’s later stages look like.

A new issue brief from AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative offers proven strategies and action steps to help hospitals and health systems provide trauma support to their workforce after an incident or threat of violence.

The National Labor Relations Board today issued a final rule for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act, when separate organizations must bargain with a union jointly.

Participating Oct. 26 in a panel discussion hosted by The Capitol Forum, AHA highlighted some of the negative downstream effects of vertical integration and consolidation by commercial health insurers.

Commenting Oct. 26 on a Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury proposed rule that would increase the administrative fee and certified entities fee under the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process, AHA said it supports the proposal to use the Administrative Procedure Act process to establish the fees, but opposes the proposed fee increases and using an inflationary adjustment for future increases.

AHA Oct. 26 urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to finalize its proposed minimum staffing levels for long-term care facilities and instead develop more patient- and workforce-centered approaches focused on ensuring a continual process of safe staffing in nursing facilities.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposal to implement mandatory nurse staffing levels “would have serious, negative, unintended consequences not only for nursing home patients and facilities, but the entire health care continuum,” AHA told the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee in a statement submitted to a hearing yesterday afternoon on the issue. 

By taking aim at shifting cyber defense responsibilities, the Biden administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy will help improve the nation’s cyber resilience, while disrupting cyberthreat operations, writes John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity and risk.

The three-part Beyond Birth podcast series explores how hospitals and health systems can support the social and emotional needs of pregnant people and new parents.

A new infographic by AHA explains how the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Expansion Act’s (S. 2840) proposal to eliminate facility fees for telehealth services will impact access to care.

Starting Oct. 25, consumers can preview their 2024 health coverage options at the federally facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace.

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Oct. 25 hosted a roundtable discussion with health care cybersecurity leaders, including the AHA, on the state of cybersecurity in the health care and public health sector.

AHA leaders are participating in the International Hospital Federation’s World Hospital Congress in Lisbon, Portugal.    

The AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity Oct. 24 launched the Equity Transformation Partner program to connect AHA members with practitioners and service providers who can help them advance on their diversity, inclusion and health equity journey in alignment with AHA’s Health Equity Roadmap.

The International Hospital Federation’s Geneva Sustainability Centre, in partnership with Deloitte, launched a Sustainability Accelerator Tool Oct. 24 to help hospital and health care leaders assess and track organizational efforts to reduce emissions and promote environmental stewardship.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Oct. 23 released interim guidance for clinicians with limited access to the monoclonal antibody nirsevimab, recently approved to prevent respiratory syncytial virus in children aged 2 and under.