Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
An estimated 72% of the two largest commercial health insurers in each state and the District of Columbia are no longer waiving patient cost sharing for COVID-19 treatment, according to an analysis released by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
AHA鈥檚 comments to OSHA on the agency鈥檚 COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard.
Patient-to-nurse staffing ratios are a static and ineffective tool that cannot guarantee a safe heath care environment, writes Mary Ann Fuchs, president of AHA鈥檚 American Organization for Nursing Leadership affiliate, responding to a recent op-ed in the New York Times.
The essay Nurses Deserve Better. So Do Their Patients is right to note the 鈥渁wesome鈥 impact that nurses have within our health care system and in the battle against Covid-19.
As of now, most school districts have opened or plan to reopen this month or next, so the return to in-person schooling is underway. Many kids 鈥 not to mention their parents 鈥 eagerly await the day.
In a federally funded study that enrolled more than 500 patients from U.S. hospital emergency departments, administering COVID-19 convalescent plasma to high-risk COVID-19 outpatients with early symptoms did not prevent disease progression, according to final results reported in the New England鈥
The AHA released its latest edition of the COVID-19 Snapshot, underscoring the persisting challenges facing hospitals and health systems during the ongoing public health emergency.
In evaluating whether to temporarily suspend survey activities if a hospital experiences a COVID-19 surge, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in June told AHA it will consider whether the hospital has notified the appropriate state public health agency and activated its emergency鈥
COVID-19 vaccine booster shots will be widely available to the American public, starting next month, according to a joint statement from Biden administration health officials.
AHA model comments on OSHA鈥檚 COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard.