Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
Special 75-minute call begins at 1 p.m. ET
The AHA is hosting calls for all hospital and health system leaders to provide the latest information on and answer questions about the COVID-19 pandemic. The next call is Thursday, Sept. 24 from 1-2:15-p.m. ET.
AHA Board Chair Melinda Estes, M.D., AHA鈥
Nearly 30 representatives encourage House leaders to modify in the next COVID-19 response package impending thresholds for qualifying participants in Advanced Alternative Payment Models, which they said threaten to 鈥渄erail鈥 the movement to value-based care under the Medicare Access and CHIP鈥
Statement from the AHA, AMA, ANA as coronavirus deaths in U.S. tops 200,000.
Strategy and innovation leaders from hospitals and health systems across the country recently came together to share lessons learned and plans for the future as the field moves from response through recovery and on to rebuilding. The virtual 鈥淣avigating a New Reality鈥 program Sept. 14-16 from the鈥
The Federal Reserve Board updated its FAQs on the Main Street Lending Program to clarify its expectations for nonprofit and other facilities regarding lender underwriting.
From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals have kept patients safe in the face of rapidly evolving scientific evidence and daunting resource limitations. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal on the spread of COVID-19 infections in hospitals does not give a full picture and proper鈥
AHA is launching a COVID-19 vaccine resource hub to support hospitals and health systems.
Today, we continue to grapple not only with the COVID-19 pandemic, but also a dangerously polarized election, ongoing civil unrest in the face of untenable systemic racism 鈥 and now, 94 major wildfires that are devastating our West Coast neighbors, families and friends, as well as recent hurricanes鈥
The AHA requests that the Department of Health and Human Services revise certain FAQs that place problematic restrictions on the use of some CARES Act Provider Relief Fund dollars.
The Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response recently posted new and updated COVID-19 resources at its Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange.