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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Feb. 23 announced the development of its Medicare App Library. As part of the agency’s Health Technology Ecosystem framework, the library will provide a directory for Medicare beneficiaries to access an array of patent-facing digital health tools…
The measles outbreak in South Carolina has increased to 979 cases, the state’s Department of Public Health reported Feb. 24.
The AHA Feb. 24 commended recent remarks made by Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson on Feb. 20, in which he said the commission should bring merger challenges directly to federal court rather than handling them through its in-house adjudicatory process.
The Congressional Budget Office has projected that the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will have sufficient funds to pay full benefits until 2040 — 12 years earlier than last year’s projection.
AHA urges Congress to support physicians, access to care in statement for House subcommittee hearing
The AHA provided a statement Feb. 24 for a House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing titled “Advancing the Next Generation of America’s Health Care Workforce.”
The AHA responded to a request for information today from the Department of Health and Human Services on the adoption and use of artificial intelligence in clinical care.
The AHA commented today on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule on the Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing Model, or GLOBE, a new mandatory Medicare payment model issued in December. The model seeks to make most-favored-nation prices available…
Jean Sumner, M.D., dean of Mercer University School of Medicine, and Marc Welsh, vice president of child advocacy at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, share how an innovative public-private partnership is transforming access to pediatric care and building pipelines of rural-ready physicians. …
A new AHA blog shares examples of hospitals and health systems working together with Area Agencies on Aging to address the social needs of older adults and foster social connections.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Feb. 19 released a report on the low use of COVID-19 antiviral drugs among individuals age 65 and older, a population at high risk of severe illness from the disease.