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The latest stories from AHA Today.

The AHA Sept. 9 commented on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2025, expressing concerns about shortcomings in the market basket forecast and update for hospital outpatient departments
The AHA Sept. 9 released a report highlighting how hospitals’ arrangements with community and specialty pharmacies improve access to care for underserved patients.
A district court in Baltimore Sept. 5 ruled against drug companies and PhRMA, denying their attempt to obtain a preliminary injunction against 340B pricing for contract pharmacy arrangements in Maryland, according to Reuters.
The departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury Sept. 9 released a final rule ensuring commercial health plans comply with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 and require mental health and substance use disorder benefits at the same level as medical and…
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Aug. 21 published guidance providing best practices for event logging to mitigate cyberthreats.
Veronica Gillispie-Bell, M.D., OB-GYN at Ochsner Health, discusses successful strategies to reduce maternal morbidity after childbirth, and how these solutions should always start with equity at the forefront.
Digital health consultancy AVIA reports that the use of artificial intelligence technologies is beginning to show demonstrable results in terms of patient care, operations efficiency and outcomes.
The AHA has released five new tip sheets designed to fortify crisis leadership competencies during emergency events such as cyberattacks, natural disasters and mass violence incidents.
The AHA Aug. 26 commented on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' home health prospective payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2025, expressing concerns about ongoing access challenges for beneficiaries needing home health care and the potential for the proposed rule to cause…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 5 published a list of participants for the Transforming Episode Accountability Model. TEAM is a mandatory payment model that will bundle payment to acute care hospitals for five types of surgical episodes.