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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently granted Section 1135 Medicaid waivers for the COVID-19 emergency to Maine, Nevada, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, bringing the national total to 49.
Hospitals in Nevada, Washington and Connecticut will receive 2020 Vista Awards for their teamwork and excellence in health care facility projects, AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering announced.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report published April 2 in the New England Journal of Medicine shows decreased Clostridioides difficile infection and associated hospitalizations in the United States from 2011-2017.
A new AHA partnership with Point A hopes to foster further collaboration between individuals with engineering and innovation experience to consult with manufacturers looking to reconfigure their facilities to produce personal protective equipment.
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has donated the first $100,000 from its sale of Dr. Fauci bobbleheads to the AHA 100 Million Mask Challenge’s Protect the Heroes fund, created to provide critical resources for frontline hospital caregivers.
CMS has delayed the start of its Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) Model from May 1 until fall 2020 as model participants work to respond to the needs of the COVID-19 emergency.
The AHA asked the Small Business Administration to make small- and mid-size public hospitals eligible for its newly-authorized Paycheck Protection Program.
UnitedHealth Group will accelerate nearly $2 billion in claims payments to U.S. health care providers under its fully insured commercial, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid businesses to address short-term financial pressure caused by the COVID-19 emergency, UnitedHealthcare and Optum announced.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services delivered close to $34 billion in Medicare accelerated and advance payments to Part A providers, including hospitals, and Part B suppliers to combat resource challenges related to COVID-19, the agency said.
The Creative Coalition, Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, and the AHA launched the “Protect the Heroes” campaign, which allows the general public to make direct impact donations to America’s hospitals and health systems.