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The Farmer Angel Network support group is devoted to suicide prevention in Wisconsin's farming communities. In this conversation, co-founder Brenda Statz, Carey Craker, marketing and volunteer services associate at Reedsburg Area Medical Center, and Christy Updike, transformation program manager at鈥
鈥淎s pharmaceutical companies throw stone after stone at the 340B program, they should beware of their own glass house. Their complaints ring hollow when it is clear that their own actions are driving growth in the program,鈥 says an op-ed in Medical Economics authored by Bharath Krishnamurthy, AHA鈥
The Coalition to Strengthen America鈥檚 Healthcare Sept. 18 sponsored an event with Politico in Washington, D.C. to discuss innovations in telehealth, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies impacting patient care and access.
The AHA鈥檚 2024 Governance Survey is now available for AHA-member and non-member CEOs to complete.
The Department of Health and Human Services Sept. 17 announced it has awarded a total of $2 million to two recipients to create tools to improve care delivery, advance research capabilities and address emerging challenges related to interoperable health information technology.
The AHA Sept. 17 urged the Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office of Inspector General to further scrutinize policies and practices by certain Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) that impede patient access to post-acute care and circumvent rules designed to ensure access and coverage鈥
The Health Resources and Services Administration Sept. 17 told Johnson & Johnson that the company鈥檚 publicly announced plans to implement a 340B rebate model 鈥渧iolates J&J鈥檚 obligations under the 340B statute, and HRSA expects J&J to cease implementation of it.鈥
AHA鈥檚 Behavioral Health Team, in collaboration with AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, Sept. 16 released an infographic highlighting minority mental health.
The AHA's Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award honors the most outstanding examples of health equity across America. In this conversation, this year's winners discuss the successful strategies they鈥檝e implemented to advance the work of health equity in their hospitals and beyond.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a request for information that seeks information on artificial intelligence use from health care providers, companies and others that can improve health care outcomes and care delivery.