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At a House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health hearing, health care stakeholders urged Congress to continue granting telehealth flexibilities to health care providers in an effort to best care for patients beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services updated the overall hospital quality star ratings at Care Compare.
President Biden unveiled a $1.8 trillion legislative proposal for tax reforms and investments to support American families and workers.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security released recommendations to help organizations secure their networks from ongoing cyber threats from the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, which recently exploited software updates to the widely used SolarWinds information technology performance-鈥
The AHA, along with Baxter International Foundation, is accepting applications through July 31, 2021 for the 2022 Foster G. McGaw Prize. The prize honors health care organizations that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to community service.
The AHA and Texas Hospital Association filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and several Texas hospitals and health systems challenging a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Departmental Appeals Board decision adopting a 鈥渘et effect鈥濃
AHA鈥檚 latest Hospitals Against Violence convening gathered over 200 clinical, programmatic and community leaders for a working session on tools, strategies and resources that health care providers can use to fight the global scourge of human trafficking.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 Office of Minority Health opened a two-day virtual forum on advancing health equity and efforts to address structural racism in health care.
The Department of Health and Human Services released new practice guidelines for administering buprenorphine, which exempt from certain training and certification requirements eligible physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists and鈥
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced relaxed guidance for mask wearing, stating that individuals fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear masks outdoors, except in certain crowd settings and venues.