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The AHA asked the Health Resources and Services Administration to delay by at least one year the effective withdrawal date for Health Professional Shortage Areas designated as “proposed for withdrawal,” expressing concerns about the “extremely large numbers” of areas the agency proposes to end…
Nearly 200 House members are urging White House COVID-19 Response Team Coordinator Jeffrey Zients to investigate reports that nurse staffing agencies are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to increase their profits at the expense of patients and the hospitals that treat them.
The AHA hosted a press call with hospital leaders highlighting the urgent need for additional congressional relief to address the national health care workforce emergency and other challenges facing the field as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. T
Hospital leaders and clinicians will join experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, AHA and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Jan. 26 to discuss how health care professionals can work with their patients and communities to build trust in the safety and efficacy…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a conference call for health care providers Jan. 26 at 1 p.m. ET on the balance billing provisions of the No Surprises Act.
The Food and Drug Administration expanded the approved uses for Vekury (remdesivir) to include non-hospitalized patients aged 12 and older who test positive for SARS-CoV-2, weigh at least 88 pounds and are at high risk of progressing to severe COVID-19.
A study by University of Chicago researchers reported in Health Affairs reviewed more than 40,000 electronic health record entries over a nearly two-year period from one urban academic medical center and found providers were 2.5 times more likely to use negative patient descriptors in EHRs for…
The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded 45 grants totaling $103 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to help health care providers and health professions schools implement evidence-based training and strategies to promote mental health, wellness and resilience in the health…
According to data from 25 state and local health departments, adults who were unvaccinated against COVID-19 as the omicron variant emerged in December had nearly three times higher risk of infection than adults fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and five times higher risk than adults who had…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology seeks comments through March 25 to inform potential future rulemaking on how the ONC Health IT Certification Program could incorporate standards, implementation specifications and…