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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a National Emphasis Program related to COVID-19 enforcement that expands upon OSHA’s current enforcement efforts by targeting specific high-hazard industries or activities where the risk of workers contracting COVID-19 is substantial.
The AHA released a new fact sheet highlighting how hospitals and health systems continue to experience financial challenges more than a year into the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, introduced the Medicare Sequester Relief Act, bipartisan legislation that would prevent cuts to Medicare payments to health care providers from taking effect during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Hundreds of hospital and health system leaders today participated in an AHA advocacy briefing to hear the latest on House and Senate bills that would extend the moratorium on the 2% Medicare sequester cuts, which are expected to resume on April 1 without additional congressional action.
One way to demonstrate respect and not stigmatize when discussing people with mental health diagnoses is to use person-first language, writes Kelly Ryan, director of social services and doctoral training at Linden Oaks at Edward Hospital and Health Services in Illinois, and Gina Sharp, president…
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission released its March report to Congress.
The Food and Drug Administration alerted clinical laboratories staff and health care providers to the potential for positive results from a test made by Roche Molecular Systems to simultaneously detect and differentiate SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A/B.
Medicare will nearly double what it pays to administer COVID-19 vaccines to about $40 per dose to better reflect the costs involved and help providers vaccinate more Americans, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today.
The Department of Homeland Security formally removed its public charge rule from the Code of Federal Regulations.
Cyber criminals and nation-state actors believed to be affiliated with the Chinese government continue to exploit recently announced vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange on-premises products, posing a serious risk to federal agencies and private organizations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation…