Headline
The latest stories from AHA Today.
U.S. spending on health care grew 9.7% in 2020, up from 4.3% in 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported in Health Affairs.
Apache has released a security update to address a second severe vulnerability affecting its Log4j software library, which a remote attacker could exploit to cause a denial-of-service condition, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced.
Members of the AHA Board of Trustees have recorded video messages to say thank you to the team members at America’s hospitals and health systems for all they have done – and continue to do – to care for patients and serve communities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in a Dec. 10 letter to state Medicaid directors provided state agencies with guidance pertaining to two provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.
The Food and Drug Administration updated its fact sheets for providers and recipients and caregivers for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, with each revised document outlining a contraindication for the vaccine’s administration to individuals with histories of thrombosis with…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a ruling ordering the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services vaccine mandate rule to resume in about half of the country while saying 24 states are not subject to the mandate.
After treating the first confirmed COVID-19 patient in the U.S., Providence health system was able to use its scale and scope to quickly ramp up and deploy resources in response to the unprecedented public health emergency, the organization writes in “Better Together: The Value of Scale.”
In this podcast, Rebecca Chickey, AHA’s senior director of field engagement and behavioral health services, speaks with leaders from Allina Health in Minnesota and western Wisconsin about mental health and addiction services and key digital innovations that the health system is using to provide…
In a recent memo to state survey agencies, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services encouraged hospitals to review their maternal health policies and procedures and incorporate maternal safety bundles and other evidence-based best practices for managing obstetric emergencies and addressing…
President Biden ordered federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, to take certain actions to reduce administrative burden and improve the customer experience for organizations and the public.