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EEOC issues guidance to clarify when COVID-19 may qualify as disability
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its COVID-19 technical assistance to clarify when COVID-19 might qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act.
AHA provides input to CMS Innovation Center on strategic refresh
Responding to a recent request for input from the field, the AHA urged the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to balance the risk and reward in its alternative payment models “in a way that reflects the significant investments required to launch and maintain APM participation.”
Painting the Picture of the State of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Using Data
Hospitals and health systems are today in the midst of a rapidly changing health care landscape. It sometimes feels like changes are weekly, if not daily, and the need to be constantly responsive can sometimes compromise the capacity of hospital leaders to be reflective and think about what’s happening on a broader, societal level.
AHA Letter to CMMI re Nov. 2021 Listening Session Letter
Responding to a recent request for input from the field, the AHA yesterday urged the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to balance the risk and reward in its alternative payment models “in a way that reflects the significant investments required to launch and maintain APM participation.”
CMS Medicaid Guidance to States on Supplemental Payment Reporting and DSH Requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in a Dec. 10 letter to state Medicaid directors provided state agencies with guidance pertaining to two provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021. Section 202 of the CAA specified new state reporting requirements for non-disproportionate share hospital (DSH) supplemental payments. Section 203 addressed the method for calculating the hospital-specific Medicaid DSH limits. Both provisions have statutory effective dates of Oct. 1, 2021. The following is a summary of the guidance contained in the Dec. 10 letter.
Ventilated Proning-Process Improvement for Patient and Caregiver Safety
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Kronos ransomware attack impacting hospitals and health systems
A ransomware attack has impacted several Ultimate Kronos Group services that hospitals and other organizations use to manage their employees and payrolls, the HR management company has confirmed.
CISA launches webpage, repository on Apache Log4j vulnerability
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has created a webpage to provide the latest public information and vendor-supplied advisories on a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Apache Log4j software library versions 2.0-beta9 to 2.14.1.
Spotlight: Value of scale
After treating the first confirmed COVID-19 patient in the U.S., Providence health system was able to use its scale and scope to quickly ramp up and deploy resources in response to the unprecedented public health emergency, the organization writes in “Better Together: The Value of Scale.”
Podcast: How Allina Health embraced digital innovation for its mental health and addiction services
In this podcast, Rebecca Chickey, AHA’s senior director of field engagement and behavioral health services, speaks with leaders from Allina Health in Minnesota and western Wisconsin about mental health and addiction services and key digital innovations that the health system is using to provide behavioral health care to patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.