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The AHA Oct. 24 announced it has been awarded a nearly $1.5 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of its National Partners Cooperative Agreement. The funding will support hospitals and health systems in their efforts to address opioid and stimulant use disorder鈥
AHA today Oct. 24 a Special Bulletin with updates from Baxter on its efforts to increase access to and supply of IV solutions in response to the effects of Hurricane Helene on its manufacturing facility in North Carolina. Baxter anticipates restarting the highest-throughput IV solutions鈥
The AHA Oct. 24 filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, in a case challenging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' minimum staffing mandate for nursing homes.
In this conversation, James Liggins, Jr., senior counsel at Warner Norcross + Judd, and vice chair of the board of directors at Bronson Healthcare, discusses his work developing a tool for board members that allows them to effectively understand and address areas of concern for their organizations.
The AHA yesterday announced a new partnership with the FBI on mitigating targeted violence in health care settings.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced that they anticipate a later start date for the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 22 released final guidance detailing reporting requirements for the hospital respiratory data condition of participation.
A new AHA Cyber Intel blog by John Riggi, AHA鈥檚 national advisor on cybersecurity and risk, examines current trends and challenges in health care regarding ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks as incidents targeting hospitals, third-party providers and suppliers increase.
The National Academy for State Health Policy鈥檚 Hospital Cost Tool 鈥渕isses the mark in many ways, and its use by payers, purchasers and policymakers could have dire consequences for hospitals鈥 financial well-being, and, ultimately, patients鈥 access to care,鈥 according to a report prepared for the鈥
Four workers at a commercial egg farm in Washington tested presumptively positive for H5N1 bird flu, the Washington State Department of Health announced Sunday.