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The Federal Reserve July 30 at 2 p.m. ET will host a webinar for nonprofit organizations on its new lending facilities under the Main Street Lending Program.
The Food and Drug Administration released a new template to help commercial developers submit emergency use authorization requests for COVID-19 diagnostic tests that can be performed in non-laboratory settings and available by prescription or over-the-counter.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services updated its COVID-19 FAQs to address emerging questions regarding Medicare fee-for-service billing.
A new rapid expert consultation report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine outlines clinical staffing considerations when implementing crisis standards of care.
The AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to resume medical review activities, including Recovery Audit Contractor-initiated audits, which CMS suspended on March 30 due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Six national organizations representing hospitals, including the AHA, urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay the start of repayments associated with the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Programs. The first hospitals and health systems to receive accelerated payments…
A blog co-authored by Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of AHA’s Physician Alliance and interim executive lead of AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, and Derek Robinson, M.D., vice president and chief medical officer at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, highlights the 13 newly…
The Cleveland Clinic will partner with the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University to host on Tuesday, Sept. 29, the first presidential debate between presumptive nominees Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced.
A new AHA issue brief outlines five actions that hospitals and health systems can take to address housing instability and improve health in their communities during COVID-19.
Kittitas Valley Healthcare in Ellensburg, Wash., was among the nation’s first hospitals to feel the impact of COVID-19.