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AHA's letter of support to Reps. Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ), David McKinley (R-WV), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), and David Joyce R-OH) for the Student Assisted Vaccination Effort Act (H.R. 5699).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released 11 documents related to the agency’s regulations implementing the No Surprises Act good faith estimates for uninsured and self-pay patients and the patient-provider dispute resolution process.
Twenty-five organizations, including the AHA, urge Congress to immediately extend the hold on payment cuts and private payer data reporting period under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule due to the continued COVID-19 public health emergency.
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Please note, on Dec. 11, President Biden signed legislation that delays by one year (until Jan. 1, 2023) the clinical laboratory reporting requirements discussed in this advisory. It also delays for one year payment cuts under the CLFS that would have otherwise been imposed starting…
Researchers have discovered a high-severity protocol design vulnerability in the Omnipod Insulin Management System.
This week, Hacking Healthcare begins by breaking down the possible ramifications of a new report that states that ransomware actors are interested in, and capable of, buying into the zero-day market.
AHA, others urge Congress to prevent sequester, PAYGO cuts.
Together, the American Hospital Association (AHA), American Medical Association (AMA) and American Nurses Association (ANA) released a new television and digital ad campaign to thank health care workers during the holiday season.
Please see the attached weekly threat brief from the HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3). This week's briefing is on Zero-Day Attacks and covers the following topics:
One chapter in a UK HealthCare video series focuses on its NICU, PICU and labor and delivery teams, who are caring for the “sickest patients this hospital is seeing at times” and urging pregnant women to get vaccinated.