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The Food and Drug Administration released briefing documents for the convening of the agency’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, which will consider COVID-19 vaccine booster shot applications from Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released an initial document intended to assist jurisdictions across the country in planning for the distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccines to the pediatric population.

The Health Resources and Services Administration Oct. 13 will host the third in a series of webinar sessions on how to apply for a portion of $25.5 billion in COVID-19 relief funds

The American Medical Association Oct. 6 announced Current Procedural Terminology code set updates to now include vaccine and administration codes for pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

The AHA restated its strong support for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ withdrawal of its Most Favored Nation Model proposed rule.

Merck announced its submission for a Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization of its investigational oral antiviral COVID-19 medicine.

Pandemic fatigue is real for many in our communities, but with flu season starting, now is not the time to let up. This year’s flu season could be extremely challenging for our communities and our hospital teams. Fortunately, we have a vaccine to protect almost everyone ages 6 months and older.

Employment at hospitals and health systems fell by more than 8,000 jobs in September, as U.S. jobs overall increased by 194,000, according to preliminary data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Health care jobs overall fell by 17,500 and remain at just under 16 million (seasonally adjusted).

The Department of Health and Human Services released a Spanish version of its QuestionBuilder app, a mobile app developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to help patients prepare for in-person and telehealth appointments.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its star ratings for 2022 Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans, which are available through the Medicare plan finder tool and CMS website.

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response issued details on several key changes related to the REGEN-COV COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapy.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should withdraw a proposed Medicare demonstration that would implement new program integrity audits for all inpatient rehabilitation facilities in four states, AHA told the agency again.

Hospitals and health systems put the health and welfare of their patients first. For some of the nation’s largest commercial health insurers, unfortunately, that is not always the case.

In the newest Leadership Rounds, AHA Board Chair Rod Hochman, M.D., and Fritz Francois, M.D., chief medical officer at New York University Langone Health, discuss emergency preparedness, caregiver resiliency and health equity — all through the lens of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

Health care providers used Z codes to capture standardized data on social determinants of health for 525,987 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2019, according to a new report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response awarded Emory University in Atlanta up to $3 million to lead a fourth demonstration site for the Regional Disaster Health Response System, launched in 2018 to better coordinate and integrate disaster medical response capabilities in a region.

DeRoyal Industries recently recalled more than 2,800 procedure packs distributed in the U.S. that could expose patients to harmful levels of aluminum.

Hospitals and health systems are paying $24 billion more per year for clinical labor than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis released by Premier.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has modified its COVID-19 blanket waiver for Medicare-dependent hospitals (MDHs) to include hospitals that became newly classified as MDHs during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

The AHA released a new issue of the COVID-19 Snapshot, underscoring the persisting challenges facing hospitals and health systems during the ongoing public health emergency.