AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to immediately withdraw its Most Favored Nation model interim final rule and “replace it with a serious effort at drug pricing reform.”
An estimated one in five people in the United States had a sexually transmitted infection at some point in 2018, with almost half of new infections in those under age 25, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
This year, I look forward to continuing AHA’s Leadership Rounds, short conversations on trending topics with health care leaders from around the country.
In this Members in Action podcast, Julia Resnick, AHA senior program manager, speaks with leaders from CHI Health’s Creighton University Medical Center about how a culture enabled by interdisciplinary care teams is improving value for their patients.
As COVID-19 surges continue, lessons learned by health systems large and small reveal the importance of teamwork, communication, flexibility, preparation and supporting the physical and mental health of all staff.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 10 cases of anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction, among the more than 4 million people who received a first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine between Dec. 21, 2020, and Jan. 10, 2021.
Full-dose blood thinner treatments can reduce the need for vital organ support such as ventilation in moderately ill patients hospitalized for COVID-19, according to interim results from a clinical trial announced by the National Institutes of Health.
U.S. deaths involving methamphetamines increased more than five-fold from 2011 to 2018, to 10.1 per 100,000 men and 4.5 per 100,000 women, according to a study reported yesterday in JAMA Psychiatry.
This year’s AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference offers a unique opportunity for leaders to connect before, during and after the conference in affinity groups.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights formally published in the Federal Register a proposed rule released Dec. 10 that would modify HIPAA privacy standards for individually identifiable health information.
Hospitals in 2019 provided $41.6 billion in uncompensated care, meaning care for which no payment was received from the patient or insurer, according to the latest data from the AHA's Annual Survey of Hospitals.
Over 100 rural hospitals have closed since 2013, resulting in patients traveling a median 20 miles farther for health care services, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office.
In this second webinar in a series from AHA, the Hospital at Home Users Group and American Academy of Home Care Medicine, panelists will discuss how to develop patient selection criteria for recipients of home-based acute care.
AHA released its latest issue of the COVID-19 Snapshot, which underscores the dire needs of hospitals and health systems during the deepening public health emergency.
President Biden took a number of actions, including signing a series of executive orders, aimed at addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. The actions focus on expanding testing, administering vaccines, advancing racial equity, among many other areas.