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The AHA expressed support Sept. 22 to House and Senate sponsors of the Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act (H.R. 5454/S. 2879), legislation that would apply a federal prompt payment standard to MA plans to help ensure that health care providers receive timely payments from MA plans for necessary patient services.

President Trump Sept. 19 signed a proclamation increasing the fee to $100,000 for new H-1B petitions filed by employers, as well as implementing other restrictions on entry of certain nonimmigrant workers. The restrictions began on Sept. 21 and expire, absent extension, after 12 months. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sept. 18 issued a health advisory on a new outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 18 released a final rule on policy and technical changes to Medicare Advantage, the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly for contract year 2026.

The Senate Sept. 19 failed to adopt a continuing resolution by a 44-48 vote that would have funded the government through Nov. 21. The CR was passed by the House earlier in the day.

The Department of Health and Human Services Sept. 18 announced it will take new actions to help improve care for individuals with long COVID.

In addition to 24/7 specialized care and emergency services for all patients in every community, hospitals and health systems lead programs that advance health and wellness.

The Food and Drug Administration released a

The Senate Sept. 18 passed the AHA-supported SUPPORT Act (H.R. 2483) by a voice vote, advancing the bill to President Trump to sign into law.

Microsoft Sept. 16 announced it had disrupted a growing phishing service that had targeted at least 20 U.S. health care organizations and seized 338 websites associated with cyber threat group RaccoonO365.

The Joint Commission and the Coalition for Health AI released guidance Se

The National Institutes of Health Sept. 16 announced it has launched a consortium to help reduce preventable stillbirths across the U.S.

The Healthcare Association of New York State Sept. 16 announced Bea Grause, R.N., its president and CEO, will retire in summer 2026.

The AHA submitted a statement Sept. 17 for a House Ways and Means Committee markup session on a series of health care and other bills.

A bipartisan House letter by Reps. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Fla., and Diana DeGette, D-Colo., urged House leadership to prevent reductions to the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program that are scheduled to take effect Oct. 1.

The Food and Drug Administration recently disclosed dozens of warning letters sent to drug companies that accuse them of using misleading or deceptive advertising.

A blog by Julia Resnik, AHA senior director of health outcomes and care transformation, describes a new project with the Commonwealth Fund that will explore how rural hospitals leverage assets in their hospital and community to maintain or expand access to care for pregnant women.

In a video released Sept. 17 for National Physician Suicide Awareness Day, Carrie Cunningham, M.D., an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, section head of the Endocrine Surgery Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a former professional tennis player — shares her story of battling depression and explains why she now speaks openly about physician suicide and mental health.

Corey Feist, CEO and co-founder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation, and Tiffany Lyttle, R.N., director of cultural integration at Centra Health, discuss how hospitals, health systems and states are working to improve mental health access for health care workers and the need to create cultures where seeking help is seen as a sign of strength, as well as innovative well-being programs that are making a difference for the people who care for us.

The House Appropriations Committee today released