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AHA today asked the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service to issue guidance to help tax-exempt hospitals and health systems comply with certain provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
The Department of Health and Human Services today named 28 members to an interagency task force authorized by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 to recommend updates to best practices for managing chronic and acute pain.
An estimated 4 million adults aged 19-64 have lost health coverage since 2016.
Illnesses from mosquito, tick and flea bites more than tripled in the United States between 2004 and 2016 to more than 96,000 a year.
The National Institutes of Health on Sunday will open enrollment for the All of Us Research Program online and at community events in Birmingham, AL; Chicago; Detroit; Kansas City, MO; Nashville, TN; New York City; and Pasco, WA.
The AHA today expressed support for the Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2017 (S. 1845).
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma will address attendees at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting on Monday, May 7.
About 35% of primary care practices and 28% of specialty practices employed at least one advanced practice clinician in 2016, meaning a nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
Hospitals and health systems may apply through May 7 for the AHA Equity of Care Award, which recognizes organizations participating in the AHA's #123forEquity campaign for extraordinary success in advancing diversity and equity.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued proposed rules for inpatient rehabilitation facility, skilled nursing facility and hospice payments for fiscal year 2019.