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Ransomware is a form of malware designed to encrypt files on a device, rendering them and the systems that rely on them unusable. Malicious actors then demand ransom in exchange for decryption. Over time, malicious actors have adjusted their ransomware tactics to be more…
Learn what the HHS 340B Drug Pricing Program is and what 340B hospitals are. The program allows 340B hospitals to stretch limited federal resources to reduce the price of outpatient pharmaceuticals for patients by providing 340B drug pricing discounts and expand health services to the patients and…
For health care workers, finding the right words to support a colleague struggling with their mental health or thoughts of suicide can be challenging.
AHA statement on legislative proposals that are to be considered before the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 24.
The AHA has released Rebuilding a New Minneapolis: From Tragedy to Transformation, a two-part video discussing how George Floyd’s murder on May 25, 2020, has transformed diversity, equity and inclusion work in Minneapolis and its surrounding communities.
AMERICA’S HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS
May 23, 2023
May 22, 2023
Melanie Fontes Rainer
Director, Office for Civil Rights
Department of Health and Human Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 515F
Washington, DC 20201
Re: HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy; 88 Fed. Reg. 23506 (RIN 0945–…
Congress is considering several bills that would impose additional site-neutral payment reductions to services provided in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs).