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The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center and AHA will host a Feb. 10 panel discussion on best practices to combat unlawful robocalls to hospitals.
The U.S. health care system saves an estimated $122 billion annually by automating administrative transactions but could save $16.3 billion more by transitioning to fully electronic transactions, according to the latest annual CAQH Index.
Hospitals and health systems lost 2,100 jobs in January, as U.S. jobs overall increased by 49,000, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Between March 22 and Oct. 17, 2020, weekly COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates reported by 10 COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network sites declined by 5.5 percentage points for adults under age 65 after states began mandating the use of facemasks, according to a report …
The House and Senate passed a concurrent budget resolution giving Congress the option to use fast-track procedures to pass the president’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package with a simple majority in the Senate.
The Food and Drug Administration cautioned health care providers against using compounded remdesivir drug products due to the potential for patient exposure to substandard or adulterated products.
The Food and Drug Administration announced that its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will convene Feb. 26 to discuss the emergency use authorization application by Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech, Inc. for its investigational single-dose COVID-19 vaccine…
In this fourth webinar in a series from AHA, the Hospital at Home Users Group and American Academy of Home Care Medicine, panelists will examine best practices for organizing and managing services and staffing needed for the at-home delivery of high-quality acute care.
The House of Representatives voted 218-212 to pass a budget resolution for fiscal year 2021 that gives Congress the option to use fast-track procedures to pass President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package with a simple majority in the Senate.
The AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to use its oversight authority for Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care, Children’s Health Insurance Program and Health Insurance Marketplace health plans to prevent UnitedHealthcare from implementing certain diagnostic and…