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The AHA June 3 at 1 p.m. ET will host a webinar featuring Michael Fallahkhair, senior advisor for Federal Office of Rural Health Policy at the Department of Health and Human Services, who will discuss federal funding opportunities to assist rural hospitals and rural health clinics with efforts鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday proposed delaying Medicaid 鈥渂est price鈥 and 鈥渂est price reporting鈥 requirements for state value-based purchasing agreements with drug manufacturers until July 2022.
In this podcast marking Mental Health Awareness Month, Shane McGuire, CEO of Columbia County Health System in Dayton, Wash., discusses the hospital district鈥檚 collaborative work with the University of Washington鈥檚 psychiatry program and its Advancing Integrated Mental Health Center, which focuses鈥
On June 4, AHA鈥檚 Hospitals Against Violence initiative encourages everyone to stand together for the fifth-annual #HAVhope Friday. This national day of awareness unites hospitals, health systems, nurses, doctors and other professionals to highlight programs and initiatives that help mitigate鈥
The Food and Drug Administration today recommended health care providers transition away from using disposable respirators not approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, including imported respirators such as KN95s, based on the increased domestic supply of new NIOSH-鈥
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday authorized for emergency use a new monoclonal antibody therapy, Sotrovimab, for outpatients at risk for progressing to severe COVID-19 disease.
AHA yesterday voiced support for bipartisan legislation that would add 1,000 Medicare-funded hospital residency positions in addiction medicine, addiction psychiatry or pain medicine, with 500 slots reserved for hospitals with existing programs in these specialties and 500 for hospitals creating鈥
A bipartisan group of senators and representatives this week reintroduced AHA-supported legislation to improve and extend the Conrad State 30 program, which allows states to request J-1 visa waivers for up to 30 foreign physicians per year to work in federally designated shortage and underserved鈥
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., today announced plans to draft legislation to create a federally administered public option for health coverage and sought input on related鈥
Nancy Maldonado, CEO of the San Diego-based Chicano Federation (an affiliate member with AHA鈥檚 strategic partner UnidosUS), shares how the organization provided critical leadership within the San Diego community during the COVID-19 pandemic.