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The Food and Drug Administration updated its resource for labs performing authorized COVID-19 tests.
The Food and Drug Administration required updated labeling for opioid pain medicine and medicine to treat opioid use disorder to recommend that prescribers discuss naloxone with patients and caregivers.
Thirteen organizations representing health care providers, including the AHA, voiced support for the Value in Health Care Act, legislation to strengthen Medicare’s value-based payment models and accountable care organizations.
Almost 10.7 million people had health coverage through the federally facilitated or state-based exchanges in February, according to a report released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
In a friend-of-the-court brief supporting an appeal by AHA and other hospital groups, 40 state and regional hospital associations today urged the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.,
The AHA and the Association of American Medical Colleges announced they will seek a rehearing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in their lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services challenging the department’s authority to reduce payments for hospital…
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced a series of free COVID-19 training sessions for both VA and non-VA clinicians.
The Department of Health and Human Services July 27 at 3 p.m. ET will host a webinar on the Provider Relief Fund application process for eligible Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program and dental providers.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Societal Experts Action Network, which responds to policy questions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, released guidance on strategies to encourage protective behaviors such as wearing a mask, social distancing and hand washing.
Even though Congress has passed several bills that provide some relief for hospitals during the COVID-19 health emergency, more must be done, said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack in an interview with Washington, D.C.-based WONK-FM.