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A bipartisan group of 25 House members asked HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to clarify by Sept. 9 whether and how the Administration plans to enforce Medicare’s 96-hour payment rule and condition of participation for critical access hospitals after the COVID-19 public health emergency.

we are deeply concerned that last week’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed rule would increase Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by just 2.7% in calendar year 2023 compared to 2022. Given the current historic rates of inflation and continued labor and supply cost pressures, a much higher update is warranted.

The American Society for Health Care Risk Management’s Journal of Health Care Risk Management has received an APEX 2022 Award for Publication Excellence.

Learn how hospital and health system leaders are leveraging data from across the enterprise to improve quality of care by driving more effective clinical workflows and addressing care gaps.

The National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector this week launched Health Care Leaders Speak Out on Climate Change, a video series featuring perspectives from health care leaders involved in the collaborative.

Hypertension more than doubles the risk of hospitalization related to omicron infection, even in people who are fully vaccinated and boosted, according to a new study by researchers at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. 

The Senate today passed and sent to the president for his signature the Formula Act.

CMS awarded $49 million in grants to help 36 organizations enroll eligible children in Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage.

A new study released by the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission found emergency department visits and hospitalizations for certain preventable conditions more than doubled in the first month after adult Medicaid beneficiaries temporarily lost coverage.

The CDC endorsed the two-dose Novavax COVID-19 vaccine as a COVID-19 vaccine primary series for emergency use in adults, as recommended by its advisory committee.

Smiths Medical recently recalled more than 118,000 Medfusion syringe infusion pumps whose software could malfunction, the FDA announced.

The Justice Department has recovered about $500,000 in ransom that a Kansas hospital and Colorado medical provider paid to state-sponsored North Korean hackers, the agency announced.

Commenting yesterday on draft legislation to expand access to mental health services through telehealth, AHA told the Senate Finance Committee the following.

AHA's Joy Lewis moderated a discussion with two investment fund leaders focused on improving health care access, quality and affordability.

HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel Levine, M.D. discussed the Administration’s efforts to address the impact of climate change on the health of the American people.

University Hospitals was the winner of the 2022 AHA Quest for Quality Prize.

AHA Chair-elect John Haupert, president and CEO of Grady Health System in Atlanta, yesterday kicked off the Summit’s afternoon plenary session.

AHA Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Michelle Hood introduced the panelists for the closing session of the 2022 Leadership Summit.

A new CDC report based on data from 25 states and Washington, D.C. shares updates on drug overdose death rates among varying demographics.

AHA member hospitals have free access to the Health Equity Roadmap, a national initiative to drive improvement in health care outcomes, health equity, diversity and inclusion for all populations.