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AHA Chair-elect John Haupert, president and CEO of Grady Health System in Atlanta, yesterday kicked off the Summit’s afternoon plenary session.
AHA Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Michelle Hood introduced the panelists for the closing session of the 2022 Leadership Summit.
A new CDC report based on data from 25 states and Washington, D.C. shares updates on drug overdose death rates among varying demographics.
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.
The AHA Board of Trustees elected Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., chief executive officer and president of Dartmouth Health, as its chair-elect designate.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack opened the AHA Leadership Summit discussing several challenges the hospital field currently faces.
A third and fourth dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine provided additional protection to eligible adults, the CDC reported Friday.
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.
More than 1,200 hospital and health system leaders came together in San Diego beginning yesterday for the 2022 AHA Leadership Summit.
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.
Priya Bathija, AHA’s vice president of strategic initiatives, shares digital health strategies from CommonSpirit Health and Boston Medical Center to help expecting and new moms communicate with their care teams.
A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposal to pause public reporting on the inpatient patient safety indicator measure for one year due to the pandemic “is not only consistent with a commitment to transparency, but important for maintaining the credibility of the information shared with the public,” writes Akin Demehin, AHA’s senior director of quality and patient safety policy.
Immunocompromised people age 12 and older experience fewer local and systemic reactions after receiving a COVID-19 mRNA booster than after the third primary dose, the Centers for Disease Control an
The 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline July 16 will complete its transition to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, meaning individuals experiencing a suicide, mental health or substance use crisis can simply call, chat or text 988 to connect with a trained crisis counselor.