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As proposed by its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today recommended a single dose of the GSK or Pfizer Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccine for people aged 60 and older who decide with their health care provider that the vaccine would…
David W. Rosenthal, D.O., of Northwell Health discusses the specific needs of LGBTQIA+ patients, education and training for health care workers, and the paths to creating competent and outstanding health care for all people.
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday released a report on evidence-based strategies to increase physical activity among older adults in community, health care and home settings, noting that less than 15% of adults aged 65 and older meet the aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity…
The AHA is offering a new set of social messages and assets for July 4 to remind everyone of the significant contributions of hospitals, health systems and health care workers to create healthy and vibrant communities, and that it is patriotic to pause and honor health care workers on this…
Sixty-seven oncology physician group practices in 37 states will participate in the Enhanced Oncology Model, a voluntary five-year payment model that will begin July 1 for beneficiaries who receive systemic chemotherapy, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday.
Commenting yesterday on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed standards for ethylene oxide use to sterilize medical devices, AHA encouraged the agency to give commercial sterilization facilities sufficient time to comply with any final standards to protect access to safe and sterile…
Commenting yesterday on two major proposed rules related to access, finance and quality in the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program managed care and fee-for-service delivery systems, AHA told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services the wide-ranging regulations advance many…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit should reverse a district court decision that prevents the Health and Human Services Secretary from implementing an Affordable Care Act requirement that private health plans cover without cost-sharing U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations…
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has released a free online course to help clinicians address perinatal mental health.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released guidance on an Inflation Reduction Act provision requiring state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs to cover approved adult vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and their administration…