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The Food and Drug Administration said that it will temporarily forgo action against 503A compounding pharmacies that provide to hospitals certain compounded drugs without patient-specific prescriptions.
This year was already designated as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife before our current pandemic re-emphasized nurses’ vital role in caring for patients, comforting families and protecting the health of the community.
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.004% in March to a seasonally adjusted 5,261,500 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. That's 200 more people than in February and 90,900 more than a year ago.
The Department of Health and Human Services created a page with resources for health care planning and infectious disease, among others.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack responded to a recent commentary in the Washington Post that suggested hospital consolidation has contributed to fewer beds being available to treat COVID-19 patients.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began publishing limited racial and ethnic data on coronavirus cases.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued updated guidance on providing essential non-COVID-19 care to patients without symptoms of COVID-19 in regions with low and stable incidence of the virus.
Even in normal times, health care delivery is hard and tiring work. The COVID-19 pandemic makes it more critical than ever that our care providers find ways to recharge and keep up the fight.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system for fiscal year 2021.
A federal appeals court heard oral arguments in the government’s appeal of its loss in a legal challenge to the 2019 reduction in site neutral payment brought by the AHA, joined by the Association of American Medical Colleges and several AHA member hospitals.