The Justice Department has recovered about $500,000 in ransom that a Kansas hospital and Colorado medical provider paid to state-sponsored North Korean hackers, the agency announced.
Commenting yesterday on draft legislation to expand access to mental health services through telehealth, AHA told the Senate Finance Committee the following.
HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel Levine, M.D. discussed the Administration’s efforts to address the impact of climate change on the health of the American people.
AHA member hospitals have free access to the Health Equity Roadmap, a national initiative to drive improvement in health care outcomes, health equity, diversity and inclusion for all populations.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices today recommended the two-dose Novavax COVID-19 vaccine as a COVID-19 vaccine primary series for emergency use in adults.
A pair of House lawmakers introduced a “Dear Colleague” letter seeking critical changes to the CMS hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2023.
The AHA Sunday presented the 2022 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award to Mount Sinai Health System, in New York City, for displaying leadership through its health equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives. Novant Health, in Winston-Salem, N.C., and Thomas Jefferson University/Jefferson Health, in Philadelphia, were recognized as honorees. LEARN MORE
AHA Board of Trustees Chair Wright Lassiter kicked off the 2022 Leadership Summit by welcoming attendees to San Diego and introducing the panelists for AHA’s Town Hall event.
Many factors pose an immediate threat to hospitals’ ability to deliver care, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack writes in an advertorial in the Wall Street Journal.
CMS late today issued a proposed rule that would increase Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 2.7% in calendar year 2023 compared to 2022.
Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., are asking their colleagues to sign a letter by July 21 urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to revise the hospital inpatient prospective payment system rule for fiscal year 2023 to more accurately reflect the cost of providing hospital care to patients.