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AHA sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in response to the proposed rules updating certain rules governing health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces.
All clinicians should get vaccinated against COVID-19, encourage their staff and patients to get vaccinated, and recommend immunocompromised patients continue all prevention measures after vaccination, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday, citing an urgent need to increase COVID鈥
The AHA, America鈥檚 Essential Hospitals, Association of American Medical Colleges, Catholic Health Association of the United States, and Children鈥檚 Hospital Association released a joint statement strongly urging all health care personnel to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves,鈥
By integrating behavioral health into physical care and tapping into community partnerships, hospitals and health systems can develop culturally competent clinical solutions to better serve historically underrepresented individuals, writes Manish Sapra, M.D., executive director of the behavioral鈥
Learn how hospital and health system leaders such as Jonathan Perlin, M.D., president of clinical operations and chief medical officer at HCA Healthcare, are using patient surveillance technologies, including those based on artificial intelligence, to help predict onset of health care-associated鈥
Rural health clinics and other qualified community-based outpatient care centers can apply for American Rescue Plan Act funding to expand the number of full-time equivalent resident positions and create new primary care residency programs in rural and underserved communities through the Teaching鈥
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adjusted its guidance for fully vaccinated individuals, urging indoor masking in states that are labeled as 鈥渉igh鈥 or 鈥渟ubstantial鈥 in their number of cases, including schools, where all in attendance should wear masks.
The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded 127 organizations a total of $121 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to work with regional and local partners, including health care providers, to build vaccine confidence and bolster vaccination in underserved communities.
U.S. hospitals and health systems face growing financial pressure from cyberattacks, credit rating agency Fitch Ratings reported.
Registration is now open for AHA鈥檚 inaugural Advancing Care Conference, a new, highly interactive conference experience aimed at providing interprofessional teams 鈥 from front-line staff to leaders 鈥 with the best and next practices in health care team performance, well-being, quality and outcomes鈥