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AHA, AMA, ANA Applaud FDA Full Approval of Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine, Urge All to Get Vaccinated
The full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – the result of many months of work, robust data evaluation, and a thorough, comprehensive review process that has already protected more than one hundred million Americans from severe COVID-19 complications – is a major step forward in the worldwide effort to end this pandemic.
AHA urges OSHA to withdraw Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19
AHA urged the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to withdraw its Emergency Temporary Standard for occupational exposure to COVID-19, or at least allow the interim final rule to expire rather than issue a final rule.
CMS strongly encourages Medicare Advantage plans to relax prior authorization requirements during ongoing COVID-19 surges
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a Health Plan Management System memo to all Medicare Advantage Organizations and Medicare-Medicaid Plans to strongly encourage them to waive or relax plan prior authorization requirements and utilization management processes to facilitate the movement of patients from general acute-care hospitals to post-acute care and other clinically-appropriate settings, including skilled nursing facilities, long-term care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and home health agencies.
Study: Most large commercial health plans no longer waive cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatment
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.
Blog: Nurses, not legislators, should decide appropriate nurse staffing
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’s American Organization for Nursing Leadership affiliate, responding to a recent op-ed in the New York Times.
Perspective: Information is Key as Children Return to School
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 — not to mention their parents — eagerly await the day.
AHA's Comments on OSHA's COVID-19 Health Care Emergency Temporary Standard
AHA’s comments to OSHA on the agency’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard.
AONL to NYT Op-Ed: Nurses, Not Legislators, Should Decide Appropriate Nurse Staffing
The essay Nurses Deserve Better. So Do Their Patients is right to note the “awesome” impact that nurses have within our health care system and in the battle against Covid-19.