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A study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 299,028 more deaths than expected occurred in the United States between Jan. 26 and Oct. 3, with 66% attributed to COVID-19.
In a letter, AHA again urged the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to delay the start date for its new radiation oncology alternative payment model until Jan. 1, 2022.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Intergovernmental Affairs will host an Oct. 22 webinar at 1 p.m. ET on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ recent guidance clarifying how the agency will implement its interim final rule that makes collecting and reporting COVID-…
On this Institute for Diversity and Health Equity webinar, 2020 AHA Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award honorees share efforts to deliver inclusive, culturally competent care.
Congress should consider specifying in the Internal Revenue Code what services and activities it considers sufficient community benefit for tax-exempt hospitals, the Government Accountability Office said in a report.
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied AHA’s request to reconsider two decisions from this summer that upheld the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ cuts to payments for 340B drugs and for off-campus hospital outpatient clinic visits.
The AABB, America’s Blood Centers and the American Red Cross urged eligible individuals to donate blood, calling the nation’s blood supply “critically low.”
A new analysis by Global Health 50/50, an initiative to advance gender equality in global health, sheds light on sex disparities in COVID-19 deaths.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced the new option of saliva tests at federal community-based testing sites in areas experiencing COVID-19 surge.
Jim Skogsbergh, president and CEO of Advocate Aurora Health, will join AHA Board Chair Melinda Estes, M.D., Oct. 22 at 3:30 p.m. ET to discuss COVID-19’s impact on health trends and key strategies for reimagining and innovating care during and beyond the pandemic.