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A new video in the AHA’s series “Medicaid: Real Lives, Real Care” features insight from Leah Blackwell, R.N., vice president and chief nursing officer at Memorial Hermann Hospital-Texas Medical Center.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new, first-of-its-kind semiannual HIV prevention medication, Gilead Sciences announced June 18.
The AHA’s Circle of Life Award celebrates innovation in palliative and end-of-life care.
As the American population ages, the behavioral health care needs of older adults are becoming an area of vital focus.
The AHA today commented to House and Senate appropriations committee leaders on funding for health care programs in the fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill.
Coalition ad links decisions on Medicaid cuts by Congress to impacts on hospitals
AHA podcast: Food as Medicine — How Cleveland Clinic Is Nourishing Community Health
The latest video in the AHA’s series “Medicaid: Real Lives, Real Care” features Becky Pletzer, a licensed clinical social worker from Alaska, explaining why it is important to protect Medicaid for children who rely on it, such as her son, and why her story could apply to anyone.
More than 250 hospital and health system leaders today participated in an AHA Advocacy Day briefing in Washington, D.C.
A report released June 17 by NORC at the University of Chicago, commissioned by the Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare, found that patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans are more likely to experience longer hospital stays and experience delays in transfer to post-acute care…