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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a proposed rule that would extend Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program coverage to qualified individuals in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in states that cover legally residing immigrant children and pregnant鈥
The AHA April 24 presented its 2023 Award of Honor to Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi for her efforts to advance health care throughout her career.
Read the recap of the first two days of the 2023 meeting from Washington, DC.
In response to questions from AHA and others and informed by testing results, the Food and Drug Administration April 21 announced that health care providers without alternative options may continue to use a certain version of the O&M Halyard FLUIDSHIELD Surgical N95 Respirator Mask for fluid鈥
The array of global threats and challenges are myriad, retired Navy Adm. James Stavridis told hospital and health system leaders, noting that future pandemics, coupled with climate change, must be counted as serious concerns.
The Veterans Affairs health care system shares many challenges with its non-federal counterparts, and workforce recruitment and access to care are at the top of that list, VA Under Secretary for Health Shereef Elnahal, M.D., told AHA annual meeting attendees during a conversation with AHA Chair-鈥
Addressing the AHA annual meeting, Ashish Jha, M.D., White House COVID-19 response coordinator, whose term will end May 11 with the COVID-19 public health emergency, reflected on his time in the Administration.
Physician-owned hospitals are 鈥渘ot good for patients, communities, the integrity of the Medicare program, or providers who are actually in the business of caring for all patients, 24/7, regardless of their ability to pay or their medical condition,鈥 the AHA and Federation of 黑料正能量s鈥
At its Annual Membership Meeting April 24 in Washington, D.C., AHA presented two federal hospital leaders with 2022 awards recognizing their outstanding service to the health care field.
Research presented by acclaimed health care finances expert Lisa Goldstein, senior vice president for Kaufman Hall, show that times are tough but hospital leaders indicate there are silver linings from the COVID-19 pandemic that will pay dividends moving forward.