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The federal government asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the Missouri and Louisiana district court preliminary injunctions that have put the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services vaccine mandate on hold in 24 states.
Christine Yu Moutier, M.D., chief medical officer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, offers six tips to help health professionals prioritize their mental wellbeing over the holidays — a time for relaxation and self-care, but also added stress.
Tony Slonim, M.D., president and CEO of Renown Health and a member of AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence member advisory group, explains how hospitals and health systems are working to build safer workplaces and health care settings as elevated tensions lead to increased reports of altercations in…
The Kentucky Hospital Association has established a relief fund to support hospital workers who lost homes or suffered other catastrophic loss when tornadoes tore through the state Dec. 10. The KHA Hero Fund accepts donations through Venmo (search for @KHA-Hero-Fund) and by check to KHREF, KHA’s…
AABB, America’s Blood Centers and the American Red Cross urged eligible healthy individuals to donate blood.
The U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Program has helped avert an estimated 35.9 million infections, 10.3 million hospitalizations and 1.1 million deaths as of Nov. 30, according to an analysis released by the Commonwealth Fund.
The AHA released its latest edition of the COVID-19 Snapshot underscoring the persisting challenges facing hospitals and health systems during the ongoing public health emergency.
The Health Resources and Services Administration has reopened the Provider Relief Fund portal until Dec. 20 at 11:59 p.m. ET to allow certain health care providers who experienced technical or other problems reporting on funds received between April 30 and June 30, 2020, to comply with the original…
Responding to a recent request for input from the field, the AHA urged the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to balance the risk and reward in its alternative payment models “in a way that reflects the significant investments required to launch and maintain APM participation.”
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its COVID-19 technical assistance to clarify when COVID-19 might qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act.