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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published an addenda with instructions for implementing six new ICD-10 diagnosis codes for reporting COVID-19-related conditions on health care claims effective Jan. 1.
FDA issues COVID-19 policies on clinical trials for medical products, mammography quality standards.
The Food and Drug Administration Dec. 4 issued guidance on how to conduct clinical trials for medical products during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized the first prescription diagnostic test for both COVID-19 and influenza A and B that allows patients to collect a sample at home and ship it to a laboratory for analysis.
The AHA is accepting applications through Dec. 8 for its 2021 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award, which recognizes hospital efforts to reduce health disparities and advance diversity and inclusion.
Job growth continued in November, but at a slower pace than this summer, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
More than 2.9 million people selected a 2021 health plan through HealthCare.gov Nov. 1-28, including more than 523,000 last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed a draft recommendation to increase payment rates for hospital inpatient and outpatient services by 2% in 2022.
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.
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.
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…