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From sounding the alarm on the workforce emergency to shining a spotlight on commercial payer abuses, a new AHA video highlights some accomplishments and key initiatives the association has undertaken to support members this year.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights today issued guidance on how HIPAA-covered health care providers and health plans can comply with privacy, security and breach notification requirements when using remote communication technologies to provide audio-only telehealth…
AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to reduce Medicare payments for skilled nursing facilities in fiscal year 2023.
The AHA launched a new video offering a simple, but stark look at the reality of the numbers of children getting infected, hospitalized and dying from COVID-19
The Consumer Price Index has had the fastest increase in over 40 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. 
The National Security Agency, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI this week urged U.S. organizations to apply available patches, replace end-of-life infrastructure and implement a centralized patch management program to protect their networks from common cyber…
An initial 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine are available for children under age 5 if the Food and Drug Administration authorizes and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for children in this age group, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness…
The FDA released an update on Medtronic’s recall of 1,614 devices used to pump blood from the heart to the rest of the body
The AHA today published two new posters highlighting the long history of vaccines