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The Importance of Community Development for Health
It is certain that health status is profoundly influenced by the places in which people live, work and play.
AHA Expresses Support for Legislation S. 773
AHA letter to Senators, John Thune, Rob Portman, Shelley Moore Capito, Tammy Baldwin, Debbie Stabenow and Ben Cardin expressing support for legislation, S. 773.
Summary of American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and Provisions Affecting Hospitals and Health Systems
President Biden March 11 signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which includes a number of provisions that affect hospitals and health systems. A summary of provisions affecting hospitals and health systems follows.
UHC restores access to certain payment data through Optum Pay; action needed to avoid fees
In response to feedback from AHA and others, UnitedHealthcare will allow hospitals and other health care providers to continue to access certain claims payment data through its Optum Pay platform at no cost.
Practices, payers can apply to join primary care model in 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a request for applications for practices and payers to participate in the Primary Care First Model beginning in January 2022.
Blog: Large-scale health systems a major benefit in coping with COVID-19
“Though many parts of the US government and society have struggled to respond to COVID, large integrated multi-hospital health systems appear to have made a decisive difference in this pandemic,” consultants Jeff Goldsmith and Ian Morrison write in the Health Affairs Blog.
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine phase 2/3 pediatric trial underway
Moderna announced the administration of first COVID-19 vaccine doses to participants between the ages of 6 months and 12 years old as part of a phase 2/3 clinical trial.
CMS excludes four physician telehealth services from Medicare after COVID-19 emergency
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a notice correcting technical errors in its final rule updating physician fee schedule payments for calendar year 2021.
AHA launches new toolkit series focused on advancing health equity strategies and tactics
Hospital and health system leaders are uniquely positioned to deploy strategies and solutions to advance health equity, diversity and inclusion and share those successes broadly, writes Joy Lewis, AHA senior vice president of health equity strategies and executive director of the AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, in a blog post highlighting a new resource released today.
OSHA launches COVID-19 National Emphasis Program
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a National Emphasis Program related to COVID-19 enforcement that expands upon OSHA’s current enforcement efforts by targeting specific high-hazard industries or activities where the risk of workers contracting COVID-19 is substantial.