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Leon Caldwell, AHA’s senior director for health equity strategies and innovation, writes about the current landscape of equity in the field and how the AHA’s Health Equity Roadmap can help.
CMS today issued a proposed rule that would increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 3.2% in fiscal year 2023, compared with FY 2022, for hospitals that are meaningful users of electronic health records and submit quality measure data.
The rule would increase aggregate payments by approximately $25 million relative to FY 2022.
FDA and HHS authorized extending the shelf life for certain products stored at the right temperatures.
The AHA and its American Organization for Nursing Leadership today published an advertorial in USA Today on the need for federal legislation to protect nurses and other health care workers from assault and intimidation.
The summit will feature conversations with medical professionals, parents and community leaders on how the medical community can encourage vaccination among pregnant people, children, teens and young adults.
Thomas Zenty III, former CEO of University Hospitals Health System in Cleveland, and Scott Malaney, former president and CEO of Blanchard Valley Health System in Findlay, Ohio, will receive AHA Board of Trustees Awards for their contributions to AHA and the field.
Health care providers and health plans can use the portal to initiate the dispute resolution process for certain out-of-network medical bills under the No Surprises Act interim final rule.
Robust outreach and enrollment efforts, and standards and payments that ensure timely and equitable access to quality care are critical to a comprehensive access and coverage strategy, AHA said.
Positive results should be treated as presumptive and confirmed with a molecular test.