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COVID-19 cases in Arizona fell 75% between July 13 and Aug. 7 after sustained community mitigation measures that promoted social distancing, required or encouraged mask wearing, limited large gatherings, and paused business operations where mask use and social distancing were difficult to maintain…
CMS releases guidance on COVID-19 data reporting as a condition of hospitals’ Medicare participation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released guidance on how it will implement its August interim final rule that makes collecting and reporting COVID-19 data a condition of participation for hospitals that participate in Medicare.
In this first in a series of AHA blogs about reducing stigma, Richard Bottner, a physician assistant and affiliate faculty member at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, and Rebecca Chickey, AHA senior director of behavioral health services, unveil a new website and training to…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released an updated Frequently Asked Questions document on the five-year bundled payment model for radiation oncology that will be mandatory in certain areas of the country beginning Jan. 1.
The Food and Drug Administration on Oct. 7 will host the first in a series of virtual Town Halls to answer technical questions about test development and validation for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
The AHA continues to oppose the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ policy to include Medicare Advantage patient days when calculating the Medicare fraction of a hospital’s disproportionate patient percentage for the Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital program, and objects to the…
To continue amplifying the important message to protect against both the flu and COVID-19, AHA’s Wear A Mask and United Against the Flu campaigns have released new resources, including sample social media messages geared toward different age groups and graphics and videos on the importance of…
President Trump issued an executive order creating a cabinet-level working group to develop a federal plan to better coordinate services to prevent suicide and mental and behavioral health conditions in vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Responding to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year 2021, the AHA said it appreciates the agency’s effort to continue certain pandemic-era policies that have helped hospitals and health systems ensure access to care for patients…
The AHA submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2021.