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HRSA to award grants to expand rural substance use disorder services

The Health Resources and Services Administration's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy plans to award about 75 grants of up to $1 million each to expand opioid and other substance use disorder services in high-risk rural communities.
News

HIPAA settlement highlights need to protect PHI access when staff leave

A settlement agreement with Pagosa Springs (Colo.) Medical Center that the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced this week highlights important, but perhaps sometimes overlooked, privacy and security risk issues associated with access to electronic protected health information.
News

House Approves Four AHA-Supported Opioid Bills

The House of Representatives last night approved 25 bills to combat the opioid crisis, including four supported by the AHA.
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA to FTC Re: Request for Public Comment on the Impact of Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ Practice

The AHA urges the FTC to increase scrutiny on insurer-mandated white bagging policies, as well as the impact of PBM-negotiated rebates and other business practices on the 340B drug discount pricing program and overall drug prices and drug price increases.
News

It's Not Over

This was a dramatic week for the Senate’s efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. 
Letter/Comment

Letter to Sec. Becerra Urging Him to Stop Six Drug Companies That Are Denying 340B Discounts

The AHA and five other health care organizations sent the attached letter to HHS Secretary Becerra urging him to stop the actions of six drug companies that are denying 340B discounts on prescription drugs sold to hospitals treating a large percentage of low-income and rural Americans.
News

Hospital bill clears committee with HOPD, equity and rural provisions

The House Ways and Means Committee this week passed the AHA-supported Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act, H.R.
Press Releases

Statement on George Floyd’s Death and Unrest in America

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack delivers a statement George Floyd’s Death and unrest in America.
News

Perspective: Recognizing and Honoring Our Federal and Military Health Systems

The government’s announcement last week that more than half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one COVID-19 shot is a remarkable feat that outperforms earlier predictions about the pace of vaccinations across the country.  
News

Perspective: A Path Forward in the Fight against COVID-19

This week, the women and men of America’s hospitals and health systems are continuing their heroic efforts caring for tens of thousands of COVID-19 patients.