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AHA issues policy statement on COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers

The AHA Board of Trustees adopted a policy statement that supports hospitals and health systems that adopt mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies, “with local factors and circumstances shaping whether and how these policies are implemented.”
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Senators ask FTC, DOJ for details on health insurance antitrust enforcement

Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., who cosponsored legislation that repealed the McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption for commercial health insurers, asked the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice to update them by Aug. 4 on what their agencies have done to enforce the law.
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CMS reminds states public charge rule no longer in effect

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reminded states’ Medicaid agencies that the Department of Homeland Security’s public charge final rule is no longer in effect, and that they “may only share information about a Medicaid applicant or beneficiary when sharing that information is directly related to administration of the Medicaid state plan.”
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CDC: Life expectancy declines by 1.5 years in 2020

U.S. life expectancy fell by an average of 1.5 years in 2020 to 77.3 years, primarily due to COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
Letter/Comment
Public

Letter to HHS Secretary on Provider Relief Fund Payments

Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra urging him to allow providers that received funding prior to June 30, 2020 to use their COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund payments through the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency or, at a minimum, through the end of 2021.
Action Alert
Member

Urge Congress NOT to Use Medicare Sequester, COVID-19 Provider Relief Funds to Pay for Infrastructure Package

Congress and the Biden Administration continue to prepare legislative language for a roughly $1.2 trillion infrastructure package as part of an agreement reached recently between the White House an
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Urges HHS to Revise Provider Relief Funds FAQs

The AHA requests that the Department of Health and Human Services revise certain FAQs that place problematic restrictions on the use of some CARES Act Provider Relief Fund dollars.
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HRSA reporting portal for Provider Relief Funds remains open

The Health Resources and Services Administration Provider Relief Fund reporting portal remains open for providers to begin reporting to the government that they used federal emergency relief funds for health care-related expenses or lost revenues attributable to COVID-19.
Action Alert
Member

Urge Congress NOT to Use PRF, Medicare to Pay for Infrastructure Package

AHA urges hospital and health system leaders to contact their senators and representatives and urge them not to use unobligated COVID-19 Provider Relief Funds or extend the 2% mandatory sequestration cut to Medicare to help pay for the infrastructure package currently under consideration.
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The Impact of Telepharmacy on Clinical Performance

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