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ProMedica鈥檚 approach to integrating social determinants of health 鈥渋s designed to offer a helping hand, not a prescribed intervention,鈥 writes the health system鈥檚 director of community impact in Michigan.
Pregnant people with opioid use disorder are more likely to receive buprenorphine (a recommended treatment) if they are older, white and have public insurance.
AHA May 1 released a customizable video and other social media resources to help hospitals and health systems celebrate National Hospital Week.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 1 announced two investigations of hospitals that allegedly did not offer necessary stabilizing care to an individual experiencing an emergency medical condition in violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
AHA opposes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 proposal to limit patient days when calculating Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital payments for patients eligible for Medicaid benefits under a Section 1115 demonstration project, which it said could devastate access to care for鈥
The Government Accountability Office May 1 named six new members to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, which advises Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program.
The Food and Drug Administration April 28 authorized a fourth Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent vaccine dose at least one month after the third dose for certain immunocompromised children aged six months through 4.
The Food and Drug Administration last week alerted health care providers and laboratory personnel to a cybersecurity vulnerability affecting the Universal Copy Service software in certain Illumina medical devices used to sequence DNA for clinical diagnostic use or research.
Forty-nine cities and states with the highest HIV transmission rates yesterday received between $2 million and $17 million each in fiscal year 2023 grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration to diagnose, treat and prevent new HIV infections as part of a Department of Health and鈥
Join AHA Community Health Improvement and hospitals and health systems throughout the country June 12-18 in recognizing the people and organizations that are improving individual and community health and well-being.