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The latest stories from AHA Today.

Maryjane Wurth, AHA executive vice president and chief operating officer, highlights some of the top innovations in health care in 2019. 
The Food and Drug Administration today released a proposed rule that would allow states and other non-federal government entities to establish programs to import certain FDA-approved prescription drug and biological products from Canada.
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has taken 鈥渢he first steps toward much needed reform鈥 of the federal anti-kickback statute and civil monetary penalty rules regarding beneficiary inducements.
The National Labor Relations Board today reestablished the right of an employer to restrict employee use of its email system if it does so on a nondiscriminatory basis.
Less than 1% of the net electronic health record incentive payments Medicare paid to acute-care hospitals between Jan. 1, 2013 and Sept. 30, 2017 did not meet federal requirements.
The House today approved a $1.4 trillion spending package for fiscal year 2020.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Health Resources and Services Administration today announced proposed rules aimed at increasing organs available for transplant.
The Senate Judiciary Committee today held a hearing on 鈥渁 whole-of-government approach鈥 to tackling the opioid crisis.
The Food and Drug Administration Friday cleared for marketing in the U.S. the first fully disposable duodenoscope.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear yesterday repealed a requirement that some adult Medicaid beneficiaries work or engage in activities such as job training or volunteer work to remain eligible for coverage, effectively ending a legal challenge to the requirement in that state.