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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
University of Florida Health Jacksonville CEO and Dean Leon Haley Jr., M.D., who served on the AHA Committee on Clinical Leadership, died unexpectedly this weekend, the health system announced Saturday.
Yale New Haven Health will receive the 2021 AHA Quest for Quality Prize this week at AHA鈥檚 annual Leadership Summit for its deep commitment to improving the health of its patients and communities.
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization to Becton, Dickinson and Company for its sodium citrate blood specimen collection tubes for coagulation testing by authorized laboratories for COVID-19 and other patients.
Some individuals with 鈥渓ong COVID鈥 may have a disability under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act and other civil rights laws that entitles them to protection from discrimination, the departments of Health and Human Services and Justice said in guidance released.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency released an advisory on reimbursable communications and outreach expenses for nonprofit medical facilities and state and local governments participating in activities to increase COVID-19 vaccination and vaccine confidence through its Public Assistance鈥
The AHA told Senate leaders it strongly opposed 鈥渁ny attempt to take away previously-appropriated funding for hospitals and health systems, physicians, nurses and other health care providers providing heroic care during a global pandemic,鈥 and said it would be short-sighted to rescind COVID-19鈥
The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously overturned a lower court ruling that a voter-approved constitutional amendment to expand the state鈥檚 Medicaid program was unconstitutional.