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The AHA released the latest edition of its COVID-19 Snapshot underscoring the persisting challenges facing hospitals and health systems during the ongoing public health emergency.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requested information for 60 days on barriers to accessing health care coverage and services through Medicaid and the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program.
In a statement submitted to the House Education & Labor Committee for a subcommittee hearing on 鈥減athways to affordable, universal health coverage,鈥 the AHA called for continued efforts to expand Medicaid in non-expansion states; permanent federal subsidies for lower- and middle-income鈥
The Joint Commission has released an advisory that reviews recommended safety actions for reprocessing reusable instruments and devices.
As the AHA reflects on Black History Month, the organization is also considering how its work can increase efforts to advance healthy equity, writes Joy Lewis, AHA鈥檚 senior vice president for health equity strategies.
With COVID-19 demonstrating how change happens every day in health care, there is nonetheless optimism for the future, say Jeffrey Flaks, president and CEO of Hartford HealthCare, and Rebecca Stewart, Hartford鈥檚 vice president of content strategy.
AHA launched a new ad highlighting the need for Congress and the Administration to immediately distribute COVID-19 Provider Relief Funds and other resources, while requesting that Congress halt imminent Medicare cuts that could further destabilize hospitals as they care for patients and communities鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans in late March to launch at the federally facilitated health insurance marketplace a new monthly special enrollment period for consumers with household incomes below 150% of the federal poverty level who aren鈥檛 eligible for Medicaid or the鈥
At the AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, AHA held an open dialogue on strengthening emergency management systems, which will translate into case studies, action plans and compendiums for the field as part of a five-year partnership with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for鈥
Receiving two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy might help prevent your infant from being hospitalized for COVID-19 in the first six months after birth, according a study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.