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Claire Zangerle, R.N., chief nurse executive at Allegheny Health Network, will join AHA Board Chair Melinda Estes, M.D., Dec. 3 at 3:30 p.m. ET to discuss how hospitals can support their workforce as they move past relief, recovery and rebuilding toward reimagining health care and innovation.
Effective Feb. 1, physicians and other health care providers and suppliers should use new National Uniform Billing Committee condition codes on claims for COVID-19 and other treatments authorized by the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use or expanded access, the Centers for Medicare…
The Food and Drug Administration released enforcement policy guidance for health care providers and others using dry heat systems to reduce bioburden on certain N95 and other respirators in limited supply to support reuse by health care personnel during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
As part of the generosity movement known as Giving Tuesday, this year held on Dec. 1, AHA is partnering with the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy and The Creative Coalition to encourage donations to Protect the Heroes.
Following analysis of additional primary efficacy data for its mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Moderna Inc. said it will apply for emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration.
More than 2.3 million people selected a 2021 health plan through HealthCare.gov Nov. 1-21, including nearly 760,000 last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced. About 75%
Parkland Hospital & Health System uses social determinants of health data to guide its efforts to reduce incidents of breast cancer in women who are economically vulnerable and experience challenges accessing care.
The AHA recently partnered with Shatterproof, a national nonprofit dedicated to reversing the U.S. addiction crisis, to develop materials for clinicians to tackle the stigma of opioid use disorder.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule amending the Department of Health and Human Services’ Risk Adjustment Data Validation program, which validates the data that health insurers submit to HHS to determine risk adjustments based on the individuals they enroll.
In a study of 156 front-line hospital workers who tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies, 94% had lower antibody levels 60 days later, including 28% whose antibodies fell below the threshold for a positive test result, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.