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The Department of Homeland Security Dec. 19 released policy guidance for the Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility final rule.

The Department of Health and Human Services today released on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website detailed information on the ownership of more than 7,000 hospitals certified to participate in the Medicare program.

The Joint Commission announced plans to revise 56 standards during the first review cycle of 2023 according to an article in Modern Healthcare.

The House and Senate  Appropriations Committees last night released the fiscal year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations legislation that would fund the government through Sept. 30, 2023. The bipartisan bill includes various provisions beneficial to hospitals and health systems.  

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has issued a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall, for the Arrow MAC Two-Lumen Central Venous Access Kits and Arrow Pressure Injectable Arrowg+ard Blue Plus Three-Lumen Central Venous Catheter Kits.

The National Institutes of Health established a research network to test the effectiveness of community-based harm reduction strategies to curb drug overdoses and deaths. Efforts build on existing harm reduction research and represent the largest pool of funding from NIH to date to study these strategies.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the bipartisan Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, this month will award more than $130 million in 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline grants to address the nation’s ongoing mental health and substance use crises.

As hospital teams in the South respond to tornados as well as COVID-19, this week’s blog highlights three priority areas for health care leaders preparing for future public health emergencies and disasters, and a new AHA resource that can help.

This second in a four-part series on hospital and community partnerships to support family caregivers features Community Memorial Health System in Ventura, Calif., on the role of the family caregiver and how hospitals and health systems can help.

Ascension, a nonprofit health system that includes 139 hospitals in 19 states, yesterday published a detailed response to a New York Times article that examined staffing at the health system. 

A COVID-19 bivalent vaccine booster provides additional protection against COVID-19–associated emergency department/urgent care encounters and hospitalizations compared with previous vaccination with two or more monovalent vaccine doses, according to studies in adults and older adults released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday proposed a standard format for attachments to support electronic health care claims and prior authorization transactions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

President Biden today signed a continuing resolution extending current federal funding levels for health care and other programs through Dec. 23.

Despite unprecedented challenges this year, hospitals and health systems can be proud of the job they do each and every day to care for our families, our friends and our neighbors.

Tom Jenike, M.D., chief well-being officer and senior vice president at Novant Health, shares three keys to building a culture that supports resilience and well-being in your health care workforce.

AHA is shining a light on the real issue of holiday-season stress to aid health care workers who bear heavy burdens on the frontlines of patient care.

AHA today released a holiday-themed toolkit with sample social media content and graphics to promote COVID-19 vaccination for parents, children and at-risk communities.

The Department of Health and Human Services today recommended governors take certain actions to prepare for a potential further increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations this winter, and has pre-positioned N-95 masks, gloves, gowns and ventilators at strategic locations should states need them.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released a proposed rule that would increase oversight of Medicare Advantage plans and better align them with traditional Medicare, address access gaps in behavioral health services and further streamline prior authorization processes, supplementing a separate proposal last week.

In November, the American Hospital Association hosted a panel session discussing the “next wave of emergency preparedness,” at Becker’s 10th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable in Chicago. This session centered on three priority areas that health care leaders must address to prepare, respond and recover from future public health emergencies: strengthening cross-sector partnerships, building workforce capacity and resilience, and fostering a culture of preparedness.