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HHS will continue to include certain telehealth services in its risk adjustment program for qualified health plans in plan year 2022.

The ad spotlights the pandemic’s toll on the nation’s health care workforce, noting that nearly 45% of nurses encountered physical violence and over two-thirds were victims of verbal abuse in early 2020. 

The Point of Care Celltrion DiaTrust COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test may have been distributed to unauthorized laboratories, which could increase the risk of false results.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Friday issued recommendations for clinicians testing or treating patients for H5N1 bird flu.

The Government Accountability Office today named four new members to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission.

One priority for hospitals and health systems is advancing diversity, equity and inclusion. The AHA’s next gathering, the Accelerating Health Equity Conference, May 10–12 in Cleveland, will focus on that topic.

CISA and the FBI yesterday encouraged U.S. organizations to take certain actions to monitor and protect their networks.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last night confirmed a case of H5N1 bird flu in someone exposed to infected poultry in Colorado.

Medtronic this week alerted health care providers to a defect in its Heartware Ventricular Assist Device System that may cause the internal pump to malfunction.

The numbers reflect an increase from 27.1 million individuals in 2020.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released a report on the nine children recently hospitalized in Alabama with acute hepatitis of unknown origin who also had adenovirus.

Policymakers should strengthen Medicare payment rates rather than hold them up as the gold standard, argues Benjamin Finder, AHA’s director of policy research and analysis.

AHA today joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Association of American Medical Colleges in a friend-of-the-court brief asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut to dismiss the case.

DEA offers posters and other materials to help hospitals and other partners promote the event in their community.

The prize honors health care organizations that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to community service.

Courage. Compassion. Workforce. Health equity. Heroes. Challenges. Innovation. Community partnerships. Leadership. Opportunities. These were some of the most common words we heard from attendees and speakers talking about our field at this week’s AHA Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Reduce barriers to naloxone access. Put it in the hands of patients, families, friends, law enforcement officers and anyone hoping for the chance to be a Good Samaritan.

OIG found found 13% of coverage denials met Medicare coverage rules and 18% of payment denials met Medicare coverage and MA billing rules.

CMS today issued a final rule that will implement for 2023 the standards governing health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces.

Moderna today asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize for emergency use its COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 6 months through 5 years.