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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its star ratings for 2024 Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans, which are available through the Find Plans tool at Medicare.gov.
Meritus Health executive director of behavioral and community health services discusses his organization’s health equity work, which captured a 2023 AHA Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are actively monitoring the situation in Israel following the recent Hamas terrorist attacks in that country and any implications they pose to the domestic threat environment, the agencies said in an Oct. 10 notice to the private sector.
Agencies urged to continue to close coverage gaps for mental health, substance use disorder benefits
AHA applauded the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury on revised requirements in the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act proposed rule which proposes specific provisions to improve oversight and enforcement including an emphasis on network adequacy and…
Responding to a request for stakeholder input, AHA shared (LINK) with the House Budget Committee Health Care Task Force its recommendations to make health care more affordable without compromising access to high quality care.
AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to rigorously enforce changes that were included in the calendar year 2024 Medicare Advantage final rule to improve how coverage works for enrollees, promote more timely access to care, ensure better alignment and coverage parity between…
The Medicare Part A deductible for inpatient hospital services will be $1,632 in calendar year 2024. The annual deductible for Medicare Part B will be $240 in 2024.
AHA is accepting applications through Nov. 13 for its 2024 Dick Davidson NOVA Award, which will recognize up to five member hospitals and health systems for their collaborative efforts to create healthier communities through health care, economic or social initiatives.
The AHA is accepting proposals through Nov. 22 from senior health care executives, clinicians and experts to present at its 2024 Leadership Summit July 21-23 in San Diego.
Flu-associated medical visits and hospitalizations per 100,000 population in 2022-23 were higher among children under age 5 than for older children, but were higher for older children than for any season since 2016-17, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Oct. 12.