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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention May 21 announced recommendations that flu surveillance systems continue operating at enhanced levels during the summer and to increase submissions of positive flu samples to public health laboratories for subtyping, in case human-to-human spread of…
AHA Board Chair-elect Tina Freese Decker, CEO of Michigan-based Corewell Health, May 21 addressed more than 400 hospital and health system leaders and investors at the 2024 Not-for-Profit Health Care Investor Conference in New York City.
Blog, infographic highlight how increasing drug prices and shortages are jeopardizing access to care
The AHA May 22 released a new infographic and blog highlighting how increasing drug prices and shortages are jeopardizing patient access to hospital care and exacerbating challenges hospitals are experiencing.
The application deadline is May 22 for AHA's 2025 Foster G. McGaw Prize. The annual award celebrates organizations that improve health through community investments and co-designed tactics and programs.
The AHA, together with behavioral health and language experts from member hospitals and partner organizations, has created a continuing series of “People Matter, Words Matter” posters to help health care workers and others adopt person-first, respectful language that aims to reduce stigma.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 21 announced that individuals now have the option to file an Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act complaint directly with the agency, in addition to the traditional process of contacting state survey agencies.
AHA is now accepting applications through Aug. 31 for the 2024 Rural Hospital Leadership Team Award, which honors a team that has displayed outstanding leadership and responsiveness to their community’s health needs and demonstrated a collaborative community process that led to measurable outcomes.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health May 20 announced the launch of a $50 million cybersecurity program that would create tools for information technology teams in health care to enhance cybersecurity measures.
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, released a white paper May 17 outlining policy concepts regarding pay reform for Medicare physicians.
Since the rural emergency hospital designation became official last year, a growing number of rural care providers have voluntarily converted to the new category.