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As the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice contemplate changes to their guidelines for horizontal and vertical mergers, AHA today urged the agencies to update the guidelines to properly recognize the benefits that mergers can provide to some hospitals and health systems and their patients and communities.

At the end of first-quarter fiscal year 2022 Dec. 31, a total of 52,641 appeals remained pending at the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, almost 88% fewer than the 426,594 appeals identified in the 2018 court order.

In a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adults who received a Pfizer or Moderna booster after the J&J vaccine were better protected than those who received one or two J&J doses.

AHA this week voiced support for the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act (S.3904), legislation that would improve collaboration and coordination between the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Department of Health and Human Services.

The Food and Drug Administration today authorized, and CDC recommended, a second Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster dose for adults aged 50 and older and certain immunocompromised individuals.

AHA today urged the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to extend at least through May 23 its reopened comment period for the interim final rule establishing an emergency temporary standa

Hospitals’ and health systems’ median operating margins declined by 11.8% in February and 26.7% year over year, according to a new report from Kaufman Hall based on data from more than 900 hospitals.  

he Senate Finance Committee today released a report highlighting shortfalls in the nation’s mental health care system.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recently rescinded all respirator approvals issued to Pacific PPE Corp. at the company’s request.

Robyn Begley, chief nursing officer for the AHA and CEO of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, today issued a statement in response to a decision Friday in a Tennessee trial that convicted a nurse who made a fatal drug error of criminally negligent homicide.

U.S. spending on health care is projected to grow an estimated 4.2% in 2021, down from 9.7% in 2020, as spending due to the COVID-19 pandemic fell, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported today.

The Food and Drug Administration last week revised its emergency use authorization for the monoclonal antibody sotrovimab to exclude regions where the COVID-19 omicron BA.2 subvariant predominates.

President Biden today submitted to Congress his budget request for fiscal year 2023.

Health care providers who received Provider Relief Fund payments exceeding $10,000 total between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2020, must report to the Health Resources and Services Administration by March 31 on how they used those funds.

The AHA and eight other national hospital organizations today urged Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to renew the COVID-19 public health emergency beyond April 15.

On this episode, I talk with Debbie Hatmaker, chief nursing officer of the American Nurses Association, the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Nurses Foundation.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI and Department of Energy yesterday urged the energy sector and other critical infrastructure organizations to take certain actions to reduce cyber risks.

Eligible nonprofit organizations may apply for $1 million grants.

Medicare eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals must attest to meaningful use of electronic health records for the 2021 Promoting Interoperab

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday broadened its masking guidance, enabling visitors of health care facilities to wear N95 masks.