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The House March 5 voted 382-12 to pass the AHA-supported Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3838), bipartisan legislation that would reauthorize federal support for state-based鈥痗ommittees that review pregnancy-related deaths to identify causes and make recommendations to prevent鈥
The House Ways and Means Committee March 6 voted 26-17 to advance as amended to the full House the Protecting America鈥檚 Seniors鈥 Access to Care (H.R. 7513), AHA-supported legislation that would prohibit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from finalizing a proposed rule on minimum鈥
The House March 6 voted 339-85 to pass a package of six appropriations bills that would fund certain federal agencies through fiscal year 2024 and contains certain health care provisions of interest to hospitals. The Senate is expected to consider the legislation later this week.
The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services March 5 announced flexibilities intended to help providers continue to serve patients in the wake of the cyberattack on Change Healthcare.
The Justice Department鈥檚 Antitrust Division, Federal Trade Commission and Department of Health and Human Services seek public input through May 6 on increasing private-equity and other corporate ownership in health care, which will inform their future enforcement priorities and efforts to promote鈥
The Food and Drug Administration recently granted emergency use authorization for the first over-the-counter home antigen test to detect both flu and COVID-19.
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees March 3 released a package of six appropriations bills that would fund certain federal agencies through fiscal year 2024 and contains certain health care provisions of interest to hospitals.
UnitedHealth Group鈥檚 Temporary Funding Assistance Program 鈥渋s not even a band-aid on the payment problems you identify,鈥 AHA wrote March 4 in a message to UHG in response to a program the company unveiled March 1 following a cyberattack on UHG鈥檚 subsidiary Change Healthcare.
The AHA March 4 urged Congress to consider a number of actions to support hospitals鈥 efforts to care for patients as the entire health care system continues to navigate the effects of the ongoing cyberattack against Change Healthcare.
Ron Werft, president and CEO of Cottage Health, and Felicia Sadler, vice president of Quality at Relias, discuss insights and real-world approaches outlined in the 2024 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan, designed to help organizations reimagine, redesign and transform their workforce strategies.