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Study estimates COVID-19 vaccines averted 10.3 million hospitalizations
The U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Program has helped avert an estimated 35.9 million infections, 10.3 million hospitalizations and 1.1 million deaths as of Nov. 30, according to an analysis released by the Commonwealth Fund.
HRSA reopens Provider Relief Fund portal until Dec. 20 to report on fund use
The Health Resources and Services Administration has reopened the Provider Relief Fund portal until Dec. 20 at 11:59 p.m. ET to allow certain health care providers who experienced technical or other problems reporting on funds received between April 30 and June 30, 2020, to comply with the original reporting requirements before the agency recoups the funds or takes other enforcement actions.
Crucial Conversations on Health Equity: Is Your Board Ready
Maria Hernandez, Impact4Health & Karma Bass, Via Healthcare Consulting discuss how boards can focus on health equity by engaging in a survey tool to identify strengths & weaknesses to prepare for advancing health equity within their communities.
Atrium Health’s Proactive Approaches to Advancing Health Equity
For Atrium Health’s 40 hospitals, 1,400 care center locations and staff of more than 70,000, developing a greater understanding of patients’ needs and the different cultural practices within the communities it serves has dramatically enhanced its efforts toward advancing health equity, diversity and inclusion.
Vaccine mandate rule to resume in half of states
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a ruling ordering the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services vaccine mandate rule to resume in about half of the country while saying 24 states are not subject to the mandate.
FDA updates J&J COVID-19 vaccine fact sheets to warn of thrombosis risk
The Food and Drug Administration updated its fact sheets for providers and recipients and caregivers for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, with each revised document outlining a contraindication for the vaccine’s administration to individuals with histories of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia following doses of this or any other adenovirus-vectored COVID-19 vaccine.
CMS releases Medicaid guidance to states on supplemental payment reporting and DSH requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in a Dec. 10 letter to state Medicaid directors provided state agencies with guidance pertaining to two provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.
Videos: AHA Board Members say thank you to health care workers
Members of the AHA Board of Trustees have recorded video messages to say thank you to the team members at America’s hospitals and health systems for all they have done – and continue to do – to care for patients and serve communities.
CISA alerts public to second severe Apache Log4j vulnerability
Apache has released a security update to address a second severe vulnerability affecting its Log4j software library, which a remote attacker could exploit to cause a denial-of-service condition, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced.
CMS: National health spending up 9.7% in 2020
U.S. spending on health care grew 9.7% in 2020, up from 4.3% in 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported in Health Affairs.