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The Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday awarded $85.5 million to expand substance use disorder prevention, treatment and recovery services in rural areas. It also awarded $2.9 million to test rural maternal and obstetrics care models, and $760,000 to identify key rural health…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Office of Minority Health have released the Minority Health Social Vulnerability Index, a tool to help emergency response planners and public health officials apply a health equity lens to research,…
The American Medical Association published a Current Procedural Terminology code for providers administering a potential third dose of the current Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
The Department of Health and Human Services should better engage and communicate with stakeholders to improve the HHS Protect data system and how it collects hospital capacity data during a public health emergency, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study confirming the comparative effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines versus natural immunity, including immunity gained from prior SARS-CoV-2 infection.
In evaluating whether to temporarily suspend survey activities if a hospital experiences a COVID-19 surge, CMS last month told AHA it will consider whether the hospital has notified the appropriate state public health agency and activated its emergency preparedness plan, and the proportion of…
The AHA launched a video encouraging families with children 12 and older to add COVID-19 vaccinations to their back-to-school preparations.
The Senate unanimously passed the AHA-supported Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (S. 610). A companion bill (H.R. 1667) introduced in the House in March awaits consideration.
Dignity Health Global Education, CommonSpirit partner to increase health equity through scholarships
Dignity Health Global Education is partnering with CommonSpirit to create a scholarship program to tackle a lack of diversity in health care.
The AHA has elected six new members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1.