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Robyn Begley, chief nursing officer for the AHA and CEO of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, today issued a statement in response to a decision Friday in a Tennessee trial that convicted a nurse who made a fatal drug error of criminally negligent homicide.

U.S. spending on health care is projected to grow an estimated 4.2% in 2021, down from 9.7% in 2020, as spending due to the COVID-19 pandemic fell, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported today.

The Food and Drug Administration last week revised its emergency use authorization for the monoclonal antibody sotrovimab to exclude regions where the COVID-19 omicron BA.2 subvariant predominates.

President Biden today submitted to Congress his budget request for fiscal year 2023.

Health care providers who received Provider Relief Fund payments exceeding $10,000 total between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2020, must report to the Health Resources and Services Administration by March 31 on how they used those funds.

The AHA and eight other national hospital organizations today urged Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to renew the COVID-19 public health emergency beyond April 15.

On this episode, I talk with Debbie Hatmaker, chief nursing officer of the American Nurses Association, the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Nurses Foundation.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI and Department of Energy yesterday urged the energy sector and other critical infrastructure organizations to take certain actions to reduce cyber risks.

Eligible nonprofit organizations may apply for $1 million grants.

Medicare eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals must attest to meaningful use of electronic health records for the 2021 Promoting Interoperab

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday broadened its masking guidance, enabling visitors of health care facilities to wear N95 masks.

One month from now, we really hope to see you in Washington, D.C.

Reported tuberculosis diagnoses fell 20% in 2020 and 13% in 2021, compared with annual declines before the pandemic of just 1%-2%.

The AHA yesterday urged the Department of Justice to support legislation that would give health care workers the same legal protections as flight crews and airport workers.

The average monthly premium for consumers receiving an advance premium tax credit was $133, down from $164 in 2021.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra yesterday joined health ministers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan in strongly condemning Russia’s military attacks on Ukrainian health care facilities.

AHA and its Institute for Diversity and Health Equity encourage organizational health equity, diversity and inclusion leaders to complete the survey.

AHA today urged Congress to provide immediate additional support for hospitals and health systems as COVID-19 challenges persist.

The Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday released another $413 million in Provider Relief Fund “Phase 4” payments.

Philips Respironics and Adamis Pharmaceuticals announce recalls.