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House bill would exempt health care workers from $100,000 H-1B visa filing fee

House lawmakers March 17 introduced the Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act, a bipartisan bill that would exempt foreign-trained health care workers from the $100,000 H-1B visa filing fee established by a presidential proclamation in September 2025.
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AHA podcast explores Duke Health’s community efforts to reduce hypertension disparities

An encore episode of the AHA’s Advancing Health podcast features Duke University and its efforts to close hypertension disparities by integrating community health workers, student ambassadors and local clinics. 
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Webinar to discuss how leaders strengthen clinical workforce

The AHA will host a webinar March 19 at 1 p.m. ET that will explore how leaders are improving retention, physician well-being and coverage stability. Attendees will learn strategies to identify early workforce risks, support sustainable staffing models and maintain clinical continuity
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Hospitals Face Increased Costs of Caring for Patients

This week, the AHA released an updated Costs of Caring report, which provides a data-driven assessment of the structural drivers of hospital care cost growth.
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AHA podcast: Better Teams, Better Mental Health Care 

Jeremy Fish, M.D., director of the Family Medicine Residency Program at John Muir Health, and Pilar Corcoran-Lozano, behavioral health corps faculty and supervising psychologist of the co-training program at John Muir Health, discuss how training physicians and behavioral health professionals as a team is improving patient care, strengthening teamwork and expanding access to these vital mental health services.
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HHS, DOE announce nutrition education initiative for medical schools

The Departments of Health and Human Services and Education March 5 announced a new initiative to increase nutrition education in medical schools beginning this fall for the next academic year.
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AHA podcast: Rebuilding Georgia’s Pediatric Rural Pipeline — Part 2

Leaders from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Mercer University School of Medicine reveal how targeted pediatric scholarships and deep community partnerships are building a sustainable pipeline
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AHA urges Congress to support physicians, access to care in statement for House subcommittee hearing 

The AHA provided a statement Feb. 24 for a House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing titled “Advancing the Next Generation of America’s Health Care Workforce.”
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CMS announces library of digital health apps for Medicare beneficiaries 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Feb. 23 announced the development of its Medicare App Library. As part of the agency’s Health Technology Ecosystem framework, the library will provide a directory for Medicare beneficiaries to access an array of patent-facing digital health tools integrated with CMS Aligned Networks.