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Addressing Inequities in COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Efforts
As COVID-19 vaccines roll out across the nation, individuals and families heavily impacted by the disease have inequitable access to vaccination opportunities and many distrust the life-saving potential the vaccine presents. The CDC reports just over 5 percent of Black adults and 11 percent of Hispanic adults have been vaccinated compared to more than 60 percent of White adults. Hospital and health system leaders and caregivers must work hard to build trust within these communities and engage in strategies that will be effective in overcoming vaccine hesitancy.
HC3 TLP White Alert: Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities of 2020 and 2021
Executive Summary
The recently released Joint Cybersecurity Advisory coauthored by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.K.
AHA Urges CMS Make Certain COVID-19 Waivers Permanent
The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 445-G
Washington, DC 20201
Medicaid launches collaborative to increase well-child visits for infants
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched the Infant Well-Child Visit Learning Collaborative, a webinar series and affinity group to help state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs increase well-child visits for infants from birth to 12 months old.
Biden announces new steps to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations
President Biden announced new actions to spur more vaccinations nationwide against COVID-19, due in part to the rise of the SARS-CoV-2 delta variant
AHA releases new Spanish language PSA and website urging COVID-19 vaccination
The AHA released new Spanish-language public service announcements and related content pieces to support vaccination efforts and complement previously released English-language PSAs.
Bipartisan legislation introduced in Senate, House would allow some providers more time to use PRF money
The Provider Relief Fund Deadline Extension Act (S. 2493/H.R. 4735) was introduced in the Senate and House. The AHA-supported bill would allow providers that received COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund payments prior to June 30, 2020, to use their payments through Dec. 31, 2021, or the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, whichever is later.
FDA extends J&J vaccine’s authorized shelf life
The Food and Drug Administration July 28 extended to six months the shelf life for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.
AHA urges CMS to make permanent, extend certain COVID-19 waivers
AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to make permanent COVID-19 waivers that removed regulatory barriers to better patient care, and temporarily extend certain other waivers beyond the public health emergency to help hospitals transition back to normal care delivery.