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In part two of this podcast series, Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of the AHA Physician Alliance, speaks with Chris Moriates, M.D., assistant dean for health care value at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, and Pamela Johnson, M.D., vice president of care transformation at…
State Medicaid programs must cover medication assisted treatment under a new mandatory benefit.
The AHA responded to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services request for information regarding whether the agency should include exceptions to the electronic prescribing of controlled substances requirements in the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment…
The Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response has released a recording of its Sept. 24 webinar on strategies to optimize personal protective equipment and supplies during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
A vast majority of nurse leaders (86%) feel prepared for a future COVID-19 surge, according to more than 1,800 nurse leaders the AHA’s American Organization for Nursing Leadership surveyed in July about pandemic preparedness and other key issues.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response awarded to Denver Health and Hospital Authority a $3 million cooperative agreement to demonstrate how a Regional Disaster Health Response System could improve medical surge and specialty…
The Food and Drug Administration posted updated comparative performance data for molecular tests to diagnose the COVID-19 virus.
Beginning October 1, American hospitals can purchase Veklury (remdesivir) directly from the drug’s distributor, the Department of Health and Human Services announced today.
The Department of Health and Human Services today announced the availability of $20 billion to hospital and providers through the third Provider Relief Fund general distribution. The application period begins Oct. 5.
President Trump signed into law a continuing resolution that generally extends current federal funding levels for health care and other programs through Dec. 11, preventing a government shutdown as fiscal year 2020 funding expired.