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AHA encouraged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to work with Congress to require Medicare Advantage plans to waive prior authorization and other utilization management policies during public health emergencies, especially for hospitals transferring patients to post-acute care.
Responding to a request for information on digital health, the AHA Friday urged Congress to permanently eliminate all restrictions on telehealth originating and geographic sites; continue to allow rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to serve as distant sites for all…
The AHA Friday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to evaluate and adjust the burden estimates associated with the uninsured and self-pay good faith estimates and patient-provider dispute resolution established under the No Surprises Act.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched new ads encouraging smokers to quit. Part of CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers campaign, featuring real people experiencing smoking-related diseases and disabilities, the ads promote the telephone counseling service 1-800-QUIT-NOW and a new…
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends changes to improve fairness, equity, transparency and cost-effectiveness in the U.S. organ transplant system.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a March 1 call for stakeholders on its recent request for information on barriers to accessing health care coverage and services through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI Saturday urged U.S. organizations to take steps to detect and protect against two malware threats used against organizations in Ukraine that can destroy computer systems and render them inoperable. One, known as WhisperGate and…
In Part 2 of AHA’s special podcast series featuring guests from the organization’s most-downloaded podcasts, Elisa Arespacochaga, AHA’s vice president of clinical affairs and workforce, talks with Brooke Buckley, chief medical officer of Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, and Harsh Trivedi, M.D.,…
The Food and Drug Administration authorized a revised dosing regimen for the combination monoclonal antibody therapy Evusheld when used to prevent COVID-19 in certain patients, citing data showing a higher initial dose may better prevent infection by certain omicron subvariants.
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation announced a redesign of the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model, which launched last year and was supposed to continue through 2026.