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CDC advisory committee unanimously recommends Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine be administered for children ages five through 11.
Press Releases
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AHA Statement on 2022 OPPS and PFS Final Rules

AHA statement on 2022 OPPS and PFS final rules from Executive Vice President Stacey Hughes.
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Congress urged to remove hospital cuts from social spending bill

The AHA and seven other national organizations representing hospitals and health systems urged congressional leaders to remove the reductions to the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital program and uncompensated care pools from the social spending bill known as the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376). 
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AHA, Pennsylvania association file brief in support of UPMC in overlapping surgeries case

A United States Attorney‘s Office is attempting to bootstrap the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services billing guidelines on overlapping surgeries into a False Claims Act case, the AHA and Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania argue in a friend-of-the-court brief filed in a case involving University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.
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AHA comments on recent MedPAC policy discussions

AHA commented on recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussions on possible approaches to reducing spending on Part B drugs and biologicals, improving alternative payment models, and revising the hospital wage index.
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Study supports additional COVID-19 vaccine doses for immunocompromised

In a study of over 89,000 adults hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms, prior vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine was 77% effective in preventing COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients compared with 90% effective in immunocompetent patients, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
Amicus Brief
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AHA, HAP Amicus Brief on Concurrent and Overlapping Surgeries, November 1, 2021

Introduction Defendants have persuasively explained why the Complaint fails to state a claim as a matter of law.
Letter/Comment
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AHA Comments on Recent MedPAC Policy Discussions

AHA comments on recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussions on possible approaches to reducing spending on Part B drugs and biologicals, improving alternative payment models, and revising the hospital wage index.
Letter/Comment
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Congress Urged To Remove Hospital Cuts From Social Spending Bill

AHA, others urge Congress to remove the reductions to the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) program and uncompensated care pools from H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better (BBB) Act.
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AHA responds to NY Times article spotlighting study on Provider Relief Fund

The authors of a recent study that looked at CARES Act Provider Relief Funds allocated to health care institutions made arbitrary choices about which payments to include in the analysis. This resulted in incomplete or skewed findings.