/ en Fri, 02 May 2025 18:47:10 -0500 Thu, 01 May 25 14:56:34 -0500 /news/headline/2025-05-01-aha-recognizes-may-mental-health-awareness-month-refreshed-website <p>In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, the AHA has refreshed its <a href="/mental-health-awareness-month" target="_blank">website</a> highlighting the important roles hospitals and health systems play in behavioral health care, as well as resources from the AHA and other organizations addressing the importance of behavioral health care for patients and communities.</p> Thu, 01 May 2025 14:56:34 -0500 Website /news/headline/2024-04-18-agencies-launch-website-reporting-anticompetitive-health-care-practices <p>The Federal Trade Commission, Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services April 18 launched <a href="https://www.justice.gov/atr/HealthyCompetition">HealthyCompetition.gov</a>, an online portal for the public to report potentially unfair and anticompetitive health care practices. The FTC and the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division plan to review complaints for the appropriate agency to investigate if it raises sufficient concern under antitrust laws or HHS authorities.</p><p>FTC Chair Lina Khan <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/federal-agencies-launch-portal-public-reporting-anticompetitive-practices-health-care-sector">said</a> the portal “will provide a crucial channel for the agencies to hear from the public, bolstering our work to check illegal business practices that harm consumers and workers alike.”</p><p>HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said, “The Biden-Harris Administration and HHS know it is our responsibility to stop monopolistic, anti-competitive practices that undermine the delivery of health care to Americans. The information provided by the public will help to root out these behaviors.”</p> Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:40:42 -0500 Website