The Department of Health and Human Services June 8 released a request for information on research, policy and strategies to improve addiction and mental illness prevention, treatment and recovery. HHS said it seeks to identify successful initiatives,…
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The AHA June 9 commented on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2027.
The AHA provided comments June 9 to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on its proposed Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded Model, or CJR-X, telling the agency that mandatory participation would present significant challenges. Specifically, hospitals that lack the…
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other federal agencies released a fact sheet June 2 on malicious cyber activity targeting U.S.-based automatic tank gauge systems, which provide automated and remote monitoring of storage tank parameters, including fuel and liquid levels,…
The Drug Enforcement Administration today released a final rule implementing provisions from the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022, which passed as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, eliminating the need for a separate waiver for…
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts June 8 vacated the $100,000 fee for new H-1B visas established by a proclamation in September 2025.
The AHA provided comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services June 8 on its fiscal year 2027 proposed rule for the long-term care hospital prospective payment system.
A survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare found that 47% of voters believe corporate health insurers are the primary driver of rising healthcare costs, followed by the federal government at 36% and drug companies at 34%.
The AHA filed an amicus brief June 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in support of a provider seeking to obtain declaratory or injunctive relief from Aetna’s “level of severity” reimbursement policy. The policy, effective since January, is a new type of…
Stormee Williams, M.D., senior vice president and chief health equity officer at Children’s Health, shares how her team is identifying food insecurity, why access to healthy food matters just as much as access to food itself, and how partnerships with schools and food banks are helping create…