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The latest stories from AHA Today.

An AHA advertorial published in the Wall Street Journal highlights the growing challenges facing the nation’s health care workforce, how America’s hospitals and health systems are working to support them, and the need for policymakers at every level of government to do the same.
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.
President Biden announced his plan for responding to COVID-19 surges and the new omicron variant this winter.
The House will vote later on a continuing resolution to extend funding for federal programs through Feb. 18.
The AHA and its Institute for Diversity and Health Equity have extended until 5 p.m. ET on Nov. 30 the deadline for Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award applications.
On Dec. 1, the National Institutes of Health UNITE initiative will launch a series of listening sessions with various stakeholders in the biomedical research community to learn about issues and challenges facing diverse talent in the scientific and administrative workforce to help the initiative…
Learn how Virtua Health empowered OB-GYN physicians and nurses to integrate protocols that lowered C-section, hypertension and hemorrhage rates for patients in labor in this AHA Members in Action case study and podcast. 
In this podcast John Riggi, AHA’s senior advisor for cybersecurity and risk, talks to David Ring, section chief of the FBI's cyber engagement and intelligence section, and Errol Weiss, chief security officer at H-ISAC, about the latest ransomware attacks on hospitals, as well as the partnership…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released guidance on a new web portal effective Feb. 1 for submitting Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program state plan amendments (SPA) and section 1915 waivers.
The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury seek nominations to a congressionally mandated committee that will advise their departments and Congress on ground ambulance patient billing, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.