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In this first in a series of three Member in Action podcasts, AHA speaks with Rob McMurray, chief financial officer of Christiana Care in Delaware, about how the health system is tailoring its billing approach to better meet patients’ needs.

The AHA has released its 2022 Health Care Talent Scan, a review of reports, studies and other data sources from leading organizations. It provides workforce insights and information you can use to guide your organization forward during this time of uncertainty and continued transformation.

The AHA and its Institute for Diversity and Health Equity have extended until 5 p.m. ET on Nov. 30 the deadline for Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award applications.

On Dec. 1, the National Institutes of Health UNITE initiative will launch a series of listening sessions with various stakeholders in the biomedical research community to learn about issues and challenges facing diverse talent in the scientific and administrative workforce to help the initiative develop priorities and an action plan.

Learn how Virtua Health empowered OB-GYN physicians and nurses to integrate protocols that lowered C-section, hypertension and hemorrhage rates for patients in labor in this AHA Members in Action case study and podcast. 

In this podcast John Riggi, AHA’s senior advisor for cybersecurity and risk, talks to David Ring, section chief of the FBI's cyber engagement and intelligence section, and Errol Weiss, chief security officer at H-ISAC, about the latest ransomware attacks on hospitals, as well as the partnership between H-ISAC, AHA and the FBI to exchange cyber threat intel and to broadcast and amplify warnings.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released guidance on a new web portal effective Feb. 1 for submitting Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program state plan amendments (SPA) and section 1915 waivers.

The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury seek nominations to a congressionally mandated committee that will advise their departments and Congress on ground ambulance patient billing, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.

A two-dose series of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was 100% effective against COVID-19 in 12-14 year olds more than four months after the second dose in the companies’ phase 3 clinical trial, Pfizer and BioNTech announced.

The Department of Health and Human Services began distributing $7.5 billion of the $8.5 billion in American Rescue Plan Act payments designated for providers who serve rural Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Medicare beneficiaries.

AHA’s 2022 Rural Health Care Leadership Conference offers “an unparalleled opportunity to learn and share with rural health leaders innovating at the forefront of change,” writes Michelle Hood, AHA executive vice president and chief operating officer. 

COVID-19 has reshaped health care in many ways. The AHA’s 2022 Environmental Scan, sponsored by B.E. Smith, provides key data and insights on the current landscape and can help organizations explore the pandemic’s ramifications on the health care field for the upcoming year and beyond. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, M.D., expanded eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots to include all adults aged 18 and older who received a second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine at least six months ago, as recommended by the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

The Health Resources and Services Administration in September gave health care providers who received more than $10,000 in Provider Relief Funds between April 30 and June 30, 2020, until Nov. 30, 2021, to comply with the original reporting requirements before recouping the funds or taking other enforcement actions.

The AHA, American Medical Association and American Nurses Association released a television and digital ad in English and Spanish thanking health care workers during the holiday season.

Vice President Kamala Harris expects to announce $1.5 billion in American Rescue Plan Act funding for the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery programs to grow and diversity the nation’s health care workforce.

On Thursday, many families and friends will gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, reflect on our blessings and remember loved ones. During this holiday season, far too many tables will have empty seats — a painful reminder of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved extending postpartum coverage to 12 months after childbirth for an estimated 6,000 Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollees in the Virginia Family Access to Medical Insurance Security MOMS and FAMIS Select Demonstration.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration extended certain methadone take-home flexibilities for opioid treatment programs until one year after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, and said it is considering ways to make the flexibilities permanent. 

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