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The AHA recently joined a non-partisan coalition, Get Covered 2021, to promote tools to stop the spread of COVID-19 and expand health coverage to millions of uninsured Americans.
The National Urban League, an AHA strategic alliance partner, Dec. 8 will host a conversation with Anthony Fauci, M.D., the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to address vaccine hesitancy in communities of color.
To continue emphasizing the message of protecting against both the flu and COVID-19, AHA’s Wear A Mask and United Against the Flu campaigns released new resources, including new sample social media messages and graphics that hospitals and health systems can use to reiterate the importance of…
The AHA released the latest edition of a new report for Congress to better understand the needs of hospitals and health systems during the public health emergency.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has identified the Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System codes and Medicare Part B payment allowances effective Nov. 21 for administering casirivimab and imdevimab, a combination monoclonal antibody therapy made by Regeneron.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency alerted organizations to a global phishing and spearphishing campaign targeting the COVID-19 vaccine cold chain, the part of the supply chain used to store and transport a vaccine at safe temperatures.
The Department of Health and Human Services amended its declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act to expand access to COVID-19 medical countermeasures through telehealth and clarify the scope of liability protections.
To care for patients with opioid use disorder, a multidisciplinary team at Dell Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas, initiates treatment and recovery using buprenorphine, then helps transition follow-up care to an outpatient clinic.
A new AHA case study highlights examples of capitated payment agreements that serve to increase the use and improve the quality of primary care services in rural communities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the Geographic Direct Contracting Model (known as “Geo”) through which participants will take responsibility for the total cost of care for a portion of all Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in a specific region.