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The latest stories from AHA Today.

U.S. hospitals and health systems continued to face difficult financial and operational headwinds in May.
AHA last week asked the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure hospitals quickly receive the funding to which they are entitled under last week’s Supreme Court decision in American Hospital Association v. Becerra.
In a letter submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for a hearing today, AHA called for greater congressional oversight to protect access to care for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries
 Medicare-enrolled physician group practices may apply through Sept. 30 to participate in a voluntary oncology care model beginning next July for five years.
The AHA in a letter today to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator expressed support for the agency’s proposed updates to Medicare enrollment and eligibility rules.
 AHA Friday voiced support for the Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Care Act, legislation that would require medical device manufacturers to meet certain cybersecurity requirements when seeking approval for devices that are internet connected or include software
The Department of Homeland Security is advising law enforcement and others that domestic violent extremists are likely to exploit the recent Supreme Court decision on abortion to intensify violence against a wide range of targets, including both reproductive and family advocacy health care…
The Food and Drug Administration today announced it has revoked the emergency use authorizations for the Simoa Semi-Quantitative SARS-CoV-2 IgG Antibody Test and Simoa SARS-CoV-2 N Protein Antigen Test.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Trafficking in Persons last week issued a request for information on forced labor in health care supply chains to inform implementation of the National Strategy for a Resilient Public Health Supply Chain and related efforts on forced labor.
An overview of an AHA-convened panel at Aspen Ideas: Health, part of the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Ideas Festival.