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Two health systems and a physician received 2019 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards from The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum for “groundbreaking” initiatives at the national, local and individual level.
The Kaiser Family Foundation released a study showing the scope of COVID-19’s effect on health insurance coverage.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid released a new toolkit of best practices to help nursing homes, states and departments of health address the COVID-19 crisis within nursing homes.
More than 150 organizations, including hospitals, received $15 million in grants to increase telehealth training during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services announced.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted a FAQ on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act requirement that providers of COVID-19 diagnostic tests make public the cash price for the tests on their website during the public health emergency.
The nonprofit hospital and health care sector will continue to face credit risks from the coronavirus into 2021, according to a report released by Moody’s Investors Service.
The Coalition to Protect America's Health Care, of which the AHA is a founding member, is urging 2.2 million members to ask their lawmakers to include support for hospitals and health systems in the next COVID-19 relief proposal.
President Trump announced plans to expand and restructure the Strategic National Stockpile.
The AHA, joined by America’s Essential Hospitals, Association of American Medical Colleges, and Federation of American Hospitals urged the Supreme Court to reverse a federal appeals court decision that held the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate unconstitutional.
China and its proxies have been observed attempting to identify and illicitly obtain valuable intellectual property and public health data related to vaccines, treatments and testing from networks and personnel affiliated with COVID-19-related research, which could jeopardize the delivery of secure…