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Michael Schiller, executive director of the Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management, and Michael Ganio, senior director of pharmacy practice and quality with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, discuss the current situation with IV fluid supplies and the need…
The AHA's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity has extended until Nov. 7 the deadline to apply for the 2025 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Awards, which recognize the efforts of member hospitals and health systems in advancing health equity, diversity and inclusion across three categories…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory on the supply disruption of peritoneal dialysis and intravenous solutions due to the Baxter plant closure in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene.
Blue Cross Blue Shield has agreed to pay $2.8 billion to a settlement fund for health care providers as part of the resolution of a 12-year antitrust lawsuit, according to the plaintiffs Oct. 14 in a filing with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
In this conversation, Marvin Taylor, owner of All in the Wrists, and Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, M.D., vice president and chief health equity officer at Indiana University Health, discuss the importance of barbershops in the African American community, and how community health workers inside these…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 11 issued a final rule establishing appeals processes for certain Medicare beneficiaries who are initially admitted as hospital inpatients but subsequently reclassified as outpatients receiving observation services.
As part of its regular updates on the IV solution supply disruption as a result of the temporary closure of a manufacturing plant in North Carolina, Baxter Oct. 14 launched a new webpage with resources that hospitals can use for product management and conservation strategies.
The AHA, joined by the Association of American Medical Colleges and America’s Essential Hospitals, today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Moyle v. United States in support of the federal government’s challenge to an Idaho law that criminalizes the performance of certain emergency pregnancy…
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, Oct. 10 activated the Emergency Prescription Assistance Program to aid uninsured Georgians impacted by Hurricane Helene for prescription drug and certain medical equipment replacement.
Andres Nieto, director of community health outreach and marketing with NewYork-Presbyterian, and Jamie Ketas, vice president of population health with Englewood Health, discuss co-designing efforts with their communities to improve quality of life, work that was recognized as finalists for one of…