- + AONL report examines nurse manager retention rates and strategies —AHA’s affiliate American Organization for Nursing Leadership and Laudio Oct. 22 released their second report on nurse manager retention. Combining dat...
- + Coalition report highlights the unique role of hospitals—A new report from KNG Health Consulting and released by the Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare highlights the unique role of hospitals in pr...
- + AHA Podcast: From Ian to Milton — Lessons Learned in Hurricane Response—With numerous care locations across Florida, Lee Health has endured three major hurricanes over the past two years. In this conversation, Scott Nygaar...
- + Applications open for Executive Certificate in Diversity and Health Equity fellowship—The AHA's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity is seeking applicants for its 10-month Executive Certificate in Diversity and Health Equity fellow...
- + Administration releases updates to ACA marketplace enrollment ahead of Nov. 1 launch—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 25 launched a preview of health coverage options available through the Open Enrollment Perio...
- + Protect Yourself, Your Family and Your Future During Open Enrollment—Health insurance is the gateway to access health services that can ensure healthier individuals, healthier families and healthier communities.No one p...
- + IFDHE seeks host sites for 2025 Summer Enrichment Program —The AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity is seeking host sites for its 2025 Summer Enrichment Program. The program is a ten-week paid inter...
- + Analysis: MA plans classify 3 to 4 times as many hospital stays as observation visits compared with traditional Medicare —A report released OCt. 23 by Kodiak Solutions found that Medicare Advantage plans classified three to four times as many hospital stays as observation...
- + OIG report finds insurers collected billions in questionable MA payments—A report released Oct. 24 by the Office of Inspector General found that insurers received an estimated $7.5 billion in Medicare Advantage risk-adjustm...
- + AHA receives CDC grant to address opioid, stimulant use disorder and expand infection prevention resources —The AHA Oct. 24 announced it has been awarded a nearly $1.5 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of its...
- + AHA podcast: Questions Board Members Should Be Asking to Address Vulnerabilities —In this conversation, James Liggins, Jr., senior counsel at Warner Norcross + Judd, and vice chair of the board of directors at Bronson Healthcare, di...
- + AHA announces partnership with FBI on mitigating targeted violence in health care —The AHA yesterday announced a new partnership with the FBI on mitigating targeted violence in health care settings. The goal of the collaboration is t...
- + CMS anticipates later start date for mandatory organ transplant payment model—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced that they anticipate a later start date for the Increasing Organ Transplant Ac...
- + CMS releases final guidance on hospital respiratory data condition of participation reporting requirements —The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 22 released final guidance detailing reporting requirements for the hospital respiratory dat...
- + AHA blog: A Look at 2024’s Health Care Cybersecurity Challenges —A new AHA Cyber Intel blog by John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor on cybersecurity and risk, examines current trends and challenges in health care rega...
- + New report highlights gaps in NASHP’s Hospital Cost Tool —The National Academy for State Health Policy’s Hospital Cost Tool “misses the mark in many ways, and its use by payers, purchasers and policymakers co...
- + Four Washington farm workers suspected to have bird flu —Four workers at a commercial egg farm in Washington tested presumptively positive for H5N1 bird flu, the Washington State Department of Health announc...
- + AHA podcast: Unifying Health Care Employees to Implement Patient-Focused Improvements —In this conversation, Jefferson Health's Cara Martino, DNP, R.N., enterprise vice president of clinical improvement and transformation, and Trish Henw...
- + Medicare kicks off 2025 open enrollment —Medicare open enrollment for 2025 began Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 7. During the annual enrollment period, Medicare-eligible individuals can check ...
- + Leading with Heart: Embracing Vulnerability, Resilience and Invisible Disabilities as a Health Care Executive—Being a health care leader has always meant carrying the weight of responsibility, knowing that decisions can shape lives. For years, I believed leade...
- + Chair File: Preventing and Mitigating Cyberattacks to Protect Patients—Cyberattacks are increasing and expected to reach record numbers in the U.S. by the end of 2024. Although no field or industry is immune from attacks ...
- + AHA podcast: Strategies for Creating an Effective and Diverse Board —In this conversation, Schonay Barnett-Jones, trustee at Children’s National Hospital and AHA board member, discusses strategies for recruiting a diver...
- + Reminder: AHA’s Governance Survey closes mid-November —AHA-member and non-member CEOs are being reminded to complete the AHA’s 2024 Governance Survey by mid-November. The survey, sent via email Aug. 20, Se...
- + Reminder: HHS seeks comments on new Healthy People 2030 objectives —The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking written public comments through Oct. 31 on 12 proposed new objectives for its Healthy People 20...
- + CDC reminds hospital and health system workers to protect themselves, patients during respiratory virus season —The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding clinicians and other health care workers to take necessary steps to keep themselves and th...
- + Taking Action to Extend Telehealth and Hospital-at-home Programs—People want medical care that is safe, convenient and accessible. Hospitals deliver that every day within their walls — and increasingly, outside of t...
- + AHA releases latest Health Care Plan Accountability Update—The AHA Oct. 17 released its Health Care Plan Accountability Update, covering the latest developments in Medicare Advantage, legislation and regulatio...
- + AHA issue brief examines community violence intervention—AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative Oct. 17 released its final issue brief in a series examining the four pillars of Building a Safe Workplace...
- + CMS requests TEAM participants complete ID form, issues voluntary opt-in to TEAM for BPCI, CJR Model participants —The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 17 issued a reminder that participants in the mandatory Transforming Episode Accountability ...
- + Advisory warns of Iranian cyber actors compromising health care, other infrastructure —A joint advisory issued Oct. 16 by the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Security Agency and international agenc...
- + CMS to allow Medicaid, CHIP coverage for IHS facilities, tribal communities —The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 16 approved section 1115 demonstration amendments which will allow Medicaid and Children's H...
- + Senate report scrutinizes Medicare Advantage prior authorization denials for post-acute care services —A report released Oct. 17 by the Senate Homeland Security Committee’s investigative subcommittee scrutinizes some of the nation's largest Medicare Adv...
- + CMS hosting webinar next week on price transparency machine-readable file 2025 requirements —The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 21 is hosting a webinar on meeting its new hospital price transparency requirements becoming...
- + Case study: How Springfield Memorial integrated 3 unique and impactful patient safety programs into its culture —A new AHA case study highlights how Springfield Memorial Hospital in Illinois revised its patient safety culture through the implementation of its uni...
- + AHA podcast: The critical need for conservation plans in the face of supply shortages —The recent Hurricane Helene disrupted the production and supply of IV fluids due to the temporary closure of a Baxter manufacturing plant in North Car...
- + Deadline extended: Apply by Nov. 7 for next year’s Equity of Care Awards —The AHA's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity has extended until Nov. 7 the deadline to apply for the 2025 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Aw...
- + CDC issues health advisory on disruptions in PD and IV solutions supply due to Baxter plant closure —The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory on the supply disruption of peritoneal dialysis and intravenous solutions ...
- + Long-running antitrust lawsuit ends in $2.8 billion settlement paid to providers —Blue Cross Blue Shield has agreed to pay $2.8 billion to a settlement fund for health care providers as part of the resolution of a 12-year antitrust ...
- + AHA podcast — Haircuts and Health Checks: A Barbershop Partners with Indiana University Health —In this conversation, Marvin Taylor, owner of All in the Wrists, and Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, M.D., vice president and chief health equity officer at...
- + CMS finalizes Medicare outpatient appeals process —The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 11 issued a final rule establishing appeals processes for certain Medicare beneficiaries who...
- + Baxter launches webpage with clinical resources to support IV solution conservation —As part of its regular updates on the IV solution supply disruption as a result of the temporary closure of a manufacturing plant in North C...
- + Chair File: Advancing Collaborative Efforts That Improve Community Health—Hospitals and health systems build effective community partnerships by aligning with and addressing community health priorities and authentically enga...
- + AHA files amicus brief in Idaho EMTALA case—The AHA, joined by the Association of American Medical Colleges and America’s Essential Hospitals, today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Moyle v....
- + ASPR provides medication, medical equipment support for uninsured patients impacted by Hurricane Helene—The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, Oct. 10 activated the Emergency Presc...
- + AHA podcast: The Intersection of Health Care and Community—Andres Nieto, director of community health outreach and marketing with NewYork-Presbyterian, and Jamie Ketas, vice president of population health with...
- + Survey on mental health, suicide prevention shows uptick in 988 hotline awareness—A survey released Oct. 9 and funded by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and the National Action ...
- + FBI, other agencies issue joint cybersecurity advisory on Russian cyber actors targeting U.S., global organizations—The FBI, along with the National Security Agency, Cyber National Mission Force and United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre, today released a j...
- + FTC issues ruling on premerger notification rules, increases burden on merging organizations—The Federal Trade Commission Oct. 10 finalized changes to the premerger notification rules, form and instructions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrus...
- + Study: First wave of COVID-19 increased heart attack, stroke risk up to 3 years later —The National Institutes of Health Oct. 10 released results of a study that found that infection from COVID-19 in the first wave of the pandemic appear...
- + HRSA awards nearly $19 million to states for maternal health programs—The Health Resources and Services Administration Oct. 9 announced it will award nearly $19 million to 15 states for identifying and implementing mater...
- + Hospitals are Always There for Patients and Communities, Including in Times of Disasters and Emergencies —When a natural disaster or emergency strikes, where is one of the first places people turn to? Their local hospital.That’s because hospitals and healt...
- + HHS working to address Marburg outbreak in Rwanda, U.S. risk is low —The Department of Health and Human Services Oct. 7 released a fact sheet on actions it is taking to help address the outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwan...
- + CDC confirms first two human cases of bird flu in California —The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week confirmed the first two human cases of H5 bird flu in California. The individuals were worker...
- + DOJ announces new strategy to combat cybercrime —The Department of Justice last week announced a new strategic approach to combating cybercrime which involves "using all tools” to disrupt cybercrimin...
- + AHA podcast: Designing Pregnancy Care to Meet the Needs of Hispanic Families —In observance of National Hispanic Heritage Month, this conversation focuses on how Chester County Hospital in Pennsylvania deployed bilingual volunte...
- + Reminder: CMS hosting webinar Oct. 21 on price transparency machine-readable file 2025 requirements —The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 21 will host a webinar on meeting its new hospital price transparency requirements becoming ...
- + AHA files amicus brief in Minnesota defending its 340B contract pharmacy law —The AHA, 340B Health, the Minnesota Hospital Association and American Society of Health-system Pharmacists Oct. 4 filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Di...
- + AHA files amicus brief challenging district court decision rendering IDR awards unenforceable —The AHA filed an amicus brief Oct. 4 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit challenging a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northe...
- + CMS issues proposed notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2026 —The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 4 released its proposed standards for the health insurance marketplaces, including the issue...
- + AHA letter to president urges Administration to take immediate action to address IV solution supply shortage as a result of Helene —AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack Oct. 7 sent a letter to President Biden urging the Administration to take immediate actions to increase the supply ...
- + Chair File: The Best Defense Against Flu and COVID-19—Autumn is here, and that means cooler weather and also the start of flu season.We know the best way to prevent influenza is to get a flu vaccine. The ...
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