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The deadline is May 31 for acute care hospitals, physician group practices and Medicare accountable care organizations to apply to participate in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 two-year Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Model that begins in January 2024.
The White House and Speaker McCarthy May 27 announced the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (H.R. 3746), a deal to suspend the debt limit for nearly two years and make other policy changes
U.S. and international cybersecurity authorities released an advisory to help health care and other critical infrastructure organizations identify and protect their networks from a People鈥檚 Republic of China state-sponsored group known as Volt Typhoon that uses built-in network administration tools鈥
The shortage of behavioral health care professionals is a serious public health issue, particularly in rural areas. In rural Iowa, some care providers have found successful new pathways to recruit, train and retain behavioral health specialists.
During a roundtable live-streamed this week from Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, CEOs from Dartmouth Health, Maine Health and The University of Vermont Health Network discussed the crisis facing the nation鈥檚 rural hospitals and health systems, from workforce shortages to inflation and payer and鈥
The AHA May 25 published a report on the 340B Drug Pricing Program, its history and value to hospitals and patients, and details on 340B contract pharmacy arrangements.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week proposed changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program intended to improve manufacturer data integrity and help states verify drug prices.
Burnout is a condition 鈥渢hat affects the brain in very real, noticeable ways,鈥 write AHA鈥檚 Elisa Arespacochaga and Michael R. Privitera, M.D., professor emeritus of psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
In part 2 of a new AHA video moderated by Leon D. Caldwell, AHA senior director of health equity strategies, health equity leaders and community stakeholders in Minneapolis discuss how their organizations are collaborating to advance and sustain health equity following the murder of George Floyd on鈥
Often the fear of saying 鈥渢he wrong thing鈥 prevents health care workers from reaching out to colleagues they鈥檙e worried about. In the latest episode of the Advancing Health podcast, Luci New, assistant professor of nurse anesthesia at Wake Forest School of Medicine, talks with AHA鈥檚 Jordan Steiger鈥