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December 18, 2020
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Speaker
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Mitch McConnell
Majority Leader
U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Kevin McCarthy
Republican Leader
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Dr. Estes was joined by Claire Zangerle, MSN, MBA, RN, Chief Nurse Executive at Allegheny Health Network (AHN), to discuss how hospitals can move from relief, recovery, and rebuilding to reimagining and innovation.
Dr. Estes was joined by Rodney F. Hochman, M.D., President and CEO, Providence St. Joseph Health and Chair Elect Designate of the AHA, to discuss how hospitals can move from relief, recovery, and rebuilding to reimagining and innovation.
UPDATE: Active Exploitation of SolarWinds Breach
This updated alert provides details of an active exploitation highlighting nation state threat actor activity detected in the recent compromise of the technology solutions company SolarWinds. In addition to the update, you may access the original…
SolarWinds Breach Attributed to Latest US Agency Attacks
On December 13, 2020, information technology solutions company SolarWinds reported they were breached by Nation State threat actors from Russia. The breach was used to leverage further attacks against several US federal agencies. SolarWinds…
AHA announces realignment to strengthen focus on health equity and workforce strategies.
In this conversation, Nancy Foster, Vice President for Quality and Patient Safety Policy, talks with Sonia Perez, Chief Operating Officer, UnidosUS, and Clint Odom, Senior Vice President, Policy & Advocacy, National Urban League and Executive Director, National Urban League’s Washington Bureau…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Dec. 1 issued a final rule that updates physician fee schedule (PFS) payments for calendar year (CY) 2021. The rule also adopts several policies to implement year five of the quality payment program (QPP) created by the Medicare Access and CHIP…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 2 issued its calendar year (CY) 2021 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS)/ambulatory surgical center (ASC) final rule. In addition to standard updates, the rule maintains previous payment cuts for certain drugs purchased under the 340B…
December 15, 2020
An open letter to all health care professionals: