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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Sept. 18 that all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have applied to participate in its initiative to make certain prescription drugs available to people with Medicaid at prices aligned with those paid in other countries, known as…
The AHA commented Sept. 21 on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule to implement the changes to Medicaid provider tax policies that were included in the July 2025 reconciliation law.
The Department of Health and Human Services Sept. 18 announced the launch of a new personal protective equipment forecast to identify, consolidate and publish anticipated HHS purchases of PPE covered by the Make PPE in America Act.
A new resource roundup from the West Health Accelerator at the AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust highlights five practical approaches across electronic health record optimization, virtual care and artificial intelligence utilization and integration.
The California Hospital Association announced Sept. 18 that Bryan Bucklew, president and CEO of Hospital Council – Northern & Central California (a regional affiliate of CHA), will be the organization’s next president and CEO.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking public input on how data intermediaries, such as health information exchanges and other data-sharing entities, can support secure, scalable, standards-based public health data exchange.
New guidance from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency encourages healthcare organizations to consider internal network and internet facing cyber decoys [cisa.gov] as a practical way to strengthen cyber defenses and improve early threat detection.
A Capitol Hill briefing Sept. 17 in Washington, D.C., hosted by 11 national healthcare organizations, including the AHA, highlighted the growing epidemic of workplace violence and its effects on staff well-being and patient safety.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure and Security Agency have released guidelines to protect authentication tools including access tokens and identity assertions from cyber criminals.
The AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering has released Health Care Maintenance and Operations: The Facilities Management Handbook, a new resource to help facilities leaders modernize maintenance practices, improve operational reliability and support safe, uninterrupted patient care.