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July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month: Best Practices to Help Diverse Communities
July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. In this conversation, Lisa Hinton, Senior Health Equity and Value specialist with the AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, speaks with a faith-based organization leader and two health care experts on ways they are broadening their health system’s approaches to improving community access to mental and behavioral health services in the Greater Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.
Perspective: It’s Time to Take Our Shot on COVID-19 Relief
There’s a poignant moment in Hamilton: An American Musical in which a despondent George Washington laments the long odds of his revolution, “a powder keg about to explode” unless he receives an immediate infusion of the supplies and reinforcements he was initially promised at the war’s start.
AHA, AMA and ANA release public service announcement
AHA, AMA and ANA release A public service announcement as part of campaign urging the public to wear a mask to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Congress Urged to Reject Harmful Surprise Medical Billing Proposals In COVID-19 Relief Package
The AHA and other national organizations representing the nation’s hospitals and health systems today urged congressional leaders not to include in the next COVID-19 relief package any surprise medical billing legislation that could further destabilize hospitals’ finances as they work to recover from an unprecedented public health emergency.
HAV Q&A highlights health system efforts to fight human trafficking
In this new Hospitals Against Violence resource, Melinda Hatton, AHA general counsel and HAV executive sponsor, interviews Hanni Stoklasa, M.D., emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and executive director of HEAL Trafficking, to discuss the state of anti-trafficking efforts and how health systems play a role in reducing health disparities among victims of sex and labor trafficking.
CMS announces 2021 average basic premium for Medicare Part D prescription drug plans
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that for 2021 the average basic premium for Medicare Part D prescription drug plans will be $30.50.
HHS report examines recent actions to address surprise medical billing
The Department of Health and Human Services released a report on surprise medical billing that summarizes research on the prevalence of these bills and recent federal and state actions to prevent them.
AHA board chair urges patients not to avoid hospitals and EDs in a USA Today Op-Ed
AHA Board Chair Melinda Estes, M.D., authored an opinion article for USA Today, urging patients to continue to rely on hospitals and emergency rooms for non-COVID-19, life-saving, medically necessary care.
HHS reports on Medicare primary care telehealth use during pandemic
Nearly 44% of primary care visits for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries were telehealth visits in April, up from 0.1% in February, according to a report released by the Department of Health and Human Services.