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The U.S. Supreme Court will hold oral arguments on whether to allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 and Occupational Safety and Health Administration鈥檚 vaccine mandates to go into effect while appeals are heard in the courts of appeals.
Million Hearts, a national initiative co-led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, recently named the Missouri Hospital Association a 2021 Hypertension Control Exemplar for its outstanding efforts to prioritize hypertension control鈥
John Riggi, AHA鈥檚 national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, discusses insights and lessons learned from hospital leaders from Dickinson County Healthcare System in Iron Mountain, Mich, and Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Ore., after becoming victims of major ransomware attacks in the鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services amended its declaration providing liability protection under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act to expand the category of 鈥渜ualified persons鈥 who are protected under the Act.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention鈥檚 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended a single booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 12-17 year olds at least five months after receiving a second dose.
The AHA in comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on its interim final rule for its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for hospitals and other participants in the Medicare and Medicaid program urged the agency to be flexible as it begins enforcement.
In a column published by Modern Healthcare, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack urges action to support and grow the nation鈥檚 health care workforce, from enacting the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act to scrutinizing nurse staffing agency prices and lifting the cap on Medicare-鈥
The AHA joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Medical Association in urging the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a district court decision that refused to allow a case involving the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005 to proceed in federal court and sent it鈥
States with external review processes that cannot accommodate No Surprises Act compliance matters may refer these matters to the Department of Health and Human Services鈥 external review process or use the accredited independent review organization, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥
On Friday, Jan. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court will hold nearly unprecedented oral arguments on whether to allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 and Occupational Safety and Health Administration鈥檚 vaccine mandates to go into effect while appeals are heard in the courts of appeals.