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Department of Agriculture announces Emergency Rural Health Care grants
Public, nonprofit and tribal organizations can apply until Oct. 12 for a portion of $500 million in American Rescue Plan Act grants to expand access to COVID-19 testing and vaccines, rural health care services, and food assistance through food banks and food distribution facilities.
HHS mandates COVID-19 vaccines for agency’s health care workforce
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced that the agency will require the 25,000 members of its health care workforce to be vaccinated against COVID-19. HHS said this group includes employees, contractors, trainees, and volunteers whose duties put them in contact or potential contact with patients at an HHS medical or clinical research facility.
Perspective: Regulatory Waivers Improve Patient Care and Should be Kept
Given the recent upsurge in COVID-19 cases around the country, we can’t say how much longer the official public health emergency will last. But we do know that many regulatory waivers put into place by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at the start of the pandemic have worked very well and deserve to live on past the current crisis.
Letter on Guidance Documents Implementing No Surprises Act’s Provisions on Notice and Consent and Public Disclosure
This letter provides comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ guidance documents implementing the No Surprises Act’s provisions related to notice and consent and public disclosure.
Partnerships in an Evolving Health Care Landscape
This webinar will provide insights into new models of care delivery and payment, and the measurement of success. Speakers will discuss how hospitals and community-based organizations can work together to ensure better value and health outcomes to individuals seeking care.
How organizations support physician well-being
Elisa Arespacochaga, AHA’s vice president of clinical affairs and workforce, outlines the critical importance of clinician well-being programs to help address physician burnout and suicides and workforce shortages, particularly during the COVID-19 public health crisis. Read more.
Senate adopts $3.5 trillion budget resolution
The Senate approved on a party line vote a $3.5 trillion budget resolution, which included reconciliation instructions which will provide the majority party with the means to pass a comprehensive reconciliation package with just 51 votes in the Senate, rather than the usual 60-vote hurdle.
CDC: COVID-19 vaccination safe for pregnant women
The miscarriage rate for nearly 2,500 women who received at least one dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines before or during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy was about 13%, similar to the 11%-16% expected miscarriage rate in the general population, according to an analysis of data from the v-safe pregnancy registry released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
AHA comments on CMS guidance for providers on balanced billing protections
Commenting on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ guidance for providers and facilities on the notice-and-consent process for patients choosing to waive their balance billing protections under the No Surprises Act, as well as the public disclosure process to inform patients of these protections, AHA said implementing the provisions present “some logistical and operational challenges for providers,” particularly related to notice-and-consent documents.
ACS releases guidance to help conserve blood products during current shortage
The American College of Surgeons has released guidance to help surgeons conserve blood and blood products during the current shortage.