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The Department of Health and Human Services formally renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration.
Hospitals and health systems are redesigning their delivery systems to bring improved outcomes at lower cost. In this podcast, AHA’s Julia Resnick explores with University of Tennessee Medical Center leaders an approach that concentrates on developing disease specific, patient-centric plans.
The National Labor Relations Board Tuesday modified its standard for determining whether employees engaging in activity protected under the National Labor Relations Act have been lawfully disciplined or discharged after making abusive or offensive statements, including profane, racist and sexually…
Medicare accountable care organizations in the 2020 Shared Savings Program have until Sept. 22 to decide whether to move to the Next Generation ACO Model in 2021, while those participating in the 2020 Next Generation ACO Model have until Oct. 23 to make the change, the Center for Medicare &…
As COVID-19 cases surge, Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Ark., faces growing financial and other pressures that threaten its ability to continue meeting its community’s health care needs.
The AHA and its members are partnering with the Department of Health and Human Services to encourage eligible patients who recover from COVID-19 to donate convalescent plasma, which contains antibodies that could help other patients fight the virus.
The Federal Reserve issued FAQs about the Main Street Lending Program facilities for nonprofit organizations, including the Nonprofit Organization New Loan Facility and the Nonprofit Organization Expanded Loan Facility.
The Department of Health and Human Services will devote $5 billion of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act’s Provider Relief Fund to enhance COVID-19 response at Medicare-certified long-term care facilities and state veterans’ homes, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections.
The AHA has elected eight new members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1.