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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published an addenda with instructions for implementing six new ICD-10 diagnosis codes for reporting COVID-19-related conditions on health care claims effective Jan. 1.
FDA issues COVID-19 policies on clinical trials for medical products, mammography quality standards.
The Food and Drug Administration Dec. 4 issued guidance on how to conduct clinical trials for medical products during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized the first prescription diagnostic test for both COVID-19 and influenza A and B that allows patients to collect a sample at home and ship it to a laboratory for analysis.
The AHA is accepting applications through Dec. 8 for its 2021 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award, which recognizes hospital efforts to reduce health disparities and advance diversity and inclusion.
Job growth continued in November, but at a slower pace than this summer, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
More than 2.9 million people selected a 2021 health plan through HealthCare.gov Nov. 1-28, including more than 523,000 last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed a draft recommendation to increase payment rates for hospital inpatient and outpatient services by 2% in 2022.
The AHA recently joined a non-partisan coalition, Get Covered 2021, to promote tools to stop the spread of COVID-19 and expand health coverage to millions of uninsured Americans.
The National Urban League, an AHA strategic alliance partner, Dec. 8 will host a conversation with Anthony Fauci, M.D., the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to address vaccine hesitancy in communities of color.
To continue emphasizing the message of protecting against both the flu and COVID-19, AHA’s Wear A Mask and United Against the Flu campaigns released new resources, including new sample social media messages and graphics that hospitals and health systems can use to reiterate the importance of…