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CDC: COVID-19 vaccines lower hospitalization risk if reinfected 

In a study of adults previously infected with COVID-19, the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines offered additional protection against reinfection leading to hospitalization.
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HHS renews COVID-19 public health emergency

As urged by the AHA, HHS renewed the COVID-19 emergency declaration for another 90 days effective April 16.
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HHS Secretary Becerra to address AHA annual meeting

Other notable speakers at the April 24-26 meeting include CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D.
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From Recognizing Implicit Bias to Creating Action

Though recognizing implicit bias is important, hospitals must have an action plan to address it.
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CMS Releases FY 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Proposed Rule

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 11 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2023
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AHA-supported bill to aid small rural hospitals introduced in Senate 

Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, last week introduced a Senate companion to the Rural Hospital Support Act.
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FY 2023 proposed rule for skilled nursing facilities would cut payments to offset new payment model

The rule would decrease aggregate Medicare spending by $320 million compared with FY 2022. 
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AHA blog: Report on hospital community benefits misses mark

Responding to the Lown Institute’s latest report on hospital community benefits, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack notes that financial assistance is only one part of a hospital’s total community benefit.
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CDC reports increase in most sexually transmitted diseases in 2020

CDC today reported a 15% increase in syphilis among newborns in 2020, as well as a 7% increase in syphilis and 10% increase in gonorrhea in other Americans.
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Lown Institute Report on Hospital Community Benefits Misses Mark

All hospitals and health systems, regardless of size, location and type of ownership, are dedicated to caring for their patients and communities in a wide variety of ways.