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Nirsevimab was found to be 80% effective at preventing respiratory syncytial virus-associated intensive care unit admissions during the 2024-2025 RSV season, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Nov. 20.
Dan Peterson, CEO of behavioral health services at Sutter Health, and Matthew White, M.D., chair of the behavioral health service line at Sutter Health, share how the system is expanding behavioral health access across rural Northern California.
AHA Executive Vice President Michelle Hood previews the AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference — one of the AHA’s flagship events — which will be held Feb. 8-11 in San Antonio.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a bulletin Nov. 18 summarizing provisions from the budget reconciliation bill related to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
The AHA and the Federation of American Hospitals Nov. 18 released a study conducted by Dobson | DaVanzo, underscoring the threat to patient care by expanding physician-owned hospitals in rural communities.
The Health Sector Coordinating Council’s Cybersecurity Working Group Nov.
The Washington State Department of Health announced Nov.
The AHA Nov. 17 released Fast Facts: Is My Hospital Rural, featuring updated information on the important role rural hospitals play in their communities, the people they serve and the challenges they face.
A JAMA article co-authored by AHA Chief Physician Executive Chris DeRienzo, M.D., and leaders from Vizient highlights that hospitals and health systems have improved patient safety measures as they are caring for sicker patients.
The Medicare Part A deductible for inpatient hospital services will increase by $60 in calendar year 2026 to $1,736, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
An EY report prepared for the AHA shows that tax-exempt hospitals and health systems delivered $11 in benefits to their communities for every dollar’s worth of federal tax exemption in 2022, the most recent year for which comprehensive data is available.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 14 released preliminary guidance to states on implementing provider tax provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Aetna’s new “level of severity inpatient payment” policy is now set to take effect Jan.
A joint advisory issued yesterday by U.S.
Health care executives will share trauma-informed strategies to reduce violence, support staff and foster healing during an AHA webinar Dec. 4 at 1 p.m. ET.
Nov. 20 is National Rural Health Day.
The 43-day government shutdown ended late Nov. 12 when President Trump signed a funding bill into law, hours after the House passed the measure by a 222-209 vote.
Medicaid enrollment decreased 7.6% in fiscal year 2025 and is expected to be mostly flat in FY 2026, according to KFF’s annual Medicaid Budget Survey released Nov. 13.