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The AHA, joined by five other national hospital associations, Aug. 14 filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to correct the Department of Health and Human Services’ misinterpretation of the formula set by Congress to calculate Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments, which includes a Medicare fraction that counts supplemental security income-eligible Medicare beneficiaries in the numerator and the total Medicare-eligible population in the denominator.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking virtual participants for its Rural Health Hackathon by Sept. 9. The event brings experts together to create actionable ideas to address rural health challenges.

The AHA Aug. 13 commented to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission in anticipation of the commission’s 2024-2025 cycle.

In this conversation, three experts from Dartmouth Health discuss their five-part virtual behavioral health training program, "Keeping Students Safe: Supporting Youth in Mental Health Distress."

In his latest AHA Cyber Intel blog, John Riggi, AHA national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, explains why cybercriminals are shifting from directly targeting hospitals to hitting the third-party technology and service providers critical to supporting hospitals’ clinical care.

The connection between a hospital and its community is special. Hospitals are woven into the fabric of their communities, and working together, hospitals and communities can enhance the environment where people live, work and play.

The AHA has elected six new members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI Aug. 8 released guidance on secure by design software products which includes resources to assess product security maturity and whether a manufacturer follows secure by design principles.

It seems like barely a week goes by without a new cyberattack that affects health care providers.

The AHA’s Hospital Community Collaborative has launched the HCC Academy. The academy will host two virtual workshops in late October.

The AHA yesterday sent a Special Bulletin to members notifying them of concerns by the American Red Cross, America’s Blood Centers and the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies about the nation's low supply of blood levels.

CISAand FBI today issued an updated advisory on the BlackSuit ransomware group, providing information on historically observed tactics, techniques, and procedures and indicators of compromise associated with the group. BlackSuit's cyberattacks have impacted health care and other industries.

Cybercriminals are ramping up attacks on health care systems throughout the United States, with a majority of these crimes originating from international, state-sponsored actors.

In a new blog, Chris DeRienzo, M.D., AHA’s senior vice president and chief physician executive, highlights three ways this year's AHA Leadership Summit exemplified the three priority areas of AHA's Patient Safety Initiative — culture of safety, health equity and workforce safety.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated respiratory syncytial virus vaccination recommendations for adults 60 and older.

The AHA Aug. 6 released the first poster of the People Matter, Words Matter series to be translated into Spanish. Las Personas Importan, Las Palabras Importan covers the importance of using culturally aware language.

More than 46 million prior authorization requests were submitted to Medicare Advantage insurers in 2022, according to KFF analysis released Aug. 6 examining data submitted by MA insurers to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on prior authorization requests, denials and appeals from 2019 through 2022.

Darryl A. Elmouchi, M.D., chief operating officer of Corewell Health, discusses the current constraints facing caregivers when managing their day-to-day responsibilities, and how Corewell piloted innovative programs to help their employees get back to the main priority of patient care.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Aug. 2 affirmed a district court's decision to set aside certain regulations implementing the No Surprises Act. In particular, the decision invalidates regulatory provisions governing how arbitrators are to weigh the qualifying payment amount in arbitration proceedings.  

John Riggi, AHA national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, explains why cybercriminals are shifting from directly targeting hospitals to hitting the third-party technology and service providers critical to supporting hospitals’ clinical care. He highlights four key strategies to help hospitals and health systems strengthen their third-party risk management program against the debilitating effects of the next, inevitable Change Healthcare-like cyberattack.