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VA issues final rules implementing Community Care Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs today finalized a rule implementing the criteria for determining when covered veterans may elect to receive necessary hospital, medical and extended care services from non-VA entities or providers under the Veterans Community Care Program, which begins June 6.
House holds hearing on health care bills
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing on 12 health care bills, including one that would impact the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program.
Azar’s chief of staff to depart this month
Peter Urbanowicz, chief of staff for Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, will leave the department in June, with Deputy Chief of Staff Brian Harrison promoted to fill the vacancy, the HHS announced yesterday.
AHA names Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award winner, honorees
Anne Arundel Medical Center of Annapolis, Md., will receive the 2019 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award July 25 at the AHA Leadership Summit in San Diego for its efforts to provide equitable care and reduce health inequalities.
Join Hospitals Against Violence #HAVhope Friday
Hospitals and health systems will stand together against violence June 7 by participating in #HAVhope Friday, a digital media campaign to focus national attention on ending all forms of violence.
Bill to extend access to physicians in underserved areas introduced in House
Reps. Bradley Schneider, D-Ill., Don Bacon, R-Neb., and Abby Finkenauer, D-Iowa, yesterday introduced a House companion to AHA-supported legislation that would improve and extend the Conrad State 30 program until 2021.
AHA Expresses Support for H.R. 3022, the Patient Access Protection Act
AHA letter to Representative Eliot Engel expressing support H.R. 3022, the Patient Access Protection Act, legislation to repeal the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital reductions.
Trafficking of Children for Labor and Sex: The Health Care Professional’s Response - Replay
This webinar will provide a more in-depth look into trafficking of children for labor and sex. National expert, Dr. Jordan Greenbaum, will provide an overview of the issue to help create awareness of the dynamics of child trafficking. The session will discuss the adverse health consequences experienced by children when trafficked and how health care professionals need to provide trauma-informed care when victims present in health care facilities.
Intersection of Human Trafficking and the Opioid Crisis - Replay
Intersection of Human Trafficking and the Opioid Crisis Audio Replay
Hospitals have unique roles in racial healing, public health leader says
Hospital and health system leaders are well-positioned to impact social change in their communities, said Dayna Bowen Matthew, a public health leader and author, at the Association for Community Health Improvement’s 2019 conference.