Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources and Special Communications

Statement from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack on HHS's announcement to distribute additional funds for “hot spot” hospitals.

Learn about solutions to create a more equitable path forward.

ASHHRA collaborated with the attorneys from Littler to discuss the long term effects COVID-19 will have on health care HR. This episode discusses leveraging staff across the industry to care for COVID-19 patients. Topics ranged from sharing staff between sister organizations, reallocating staff within a facility, bringing in travelers and staff from other parts of the country and how organized labor contracts were applicable needed to be modified for the sake of the patients.

Americans view hospitals very favorably, support additional financial aid in new public opinion polling

The Queen’s Health Systems shared how COVID-19 has caused significant financial challenges for the org

UR Medicine Thompson Health, a nonprofit health care system which provides care for 165,000 residents of Upstate New York’s greater Finger Lakes area and is the largest employer in Ontario County,

Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA's strategic initiatives and Dr.

ASHHRA recognizes that health care human resources will not be immune to the inevitable change from the COVID-19 pandemic. With feedback from ASHHRA members and questions collected from the ASHHRA Exchange online community, ASHHRA collaborated with the attorneys from Littler to discuss the long term effects COVID-19 will have on health care HR.

Following yesterday’s announcement of changes to its process for collecting daily COVID-19-related data from hospitals, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today asked hospitals to prioritize the reporting of seven data fields starting tomorrow, July 15.

At the peak of New York state’s COVID-19 outbreak, Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx was at the epicenter. For the behavioral health center, that meant greatly expanding its already innovative use of digital solutions to connect with its patients. This would be needed to continue to serve the 250 to 300 behavioral health patients the center typically sees each day.

A social worker with the U.S. Army Reserve bonds with a 96-year-old patient, a veteran of World War II now fighting COVID-19.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health collaborates with community partners to improve food access during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Though hospital and health system boards have always evaluated many factors when selecting a new executive leader, the coronavirus experience calls for considering other important elements.

Results from new public opinion poll

AHA has tracked the stories of several rural community hospitals as part of our coverage of COVID-19. Those stories and their podcasts may be found on the AHA website.

AHA, AMA letter to CMS regarding the implementation of the appropriate use criteria (AUC) for advanced diagnostic imaging services mandated under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA).

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced free COVID-19 testing in Jacksonville, Fla., Baton Rouge, La. and Edinburg, Texas to temporarily

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided updated recommendations for testing health care personnel (HCP) for SARS-CoV-2.