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Hospitals have treated more than 150 people from tornadoes that swept through middle Tennessee, killing 22 people and causing widespread damage, according to news reports.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued guidance to states implementing Section 5022 of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018.

The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing titled “Combatting an Epidemic: Legislation to Help Patients with Substance Use Disorders.” 

Health care personnel may use certain N95 and other respirators approved for use in industrial settings during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak under an emergency use authorization approved by the Food and Drug Administration. 

The Federal Trade Commission issued an administrative complaint alleging that the proposed merger of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and Einstein Healthcare Network would reduce competition in two counties.

The AHA co-hosted a regional cyber workshop with Nebraska Hospital Association for technical and non-technical hospital and health system leaders to learn about cybersecurity as a strategic enterprise risk issue with implications to care delivery and patient safety.

The AHA, joined by three other national organizations representing hospitals and health systems, filed a reply brief in their lawsuit challenging a 2019 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services final rule mandating that hospitals disclose their privately negotiated rates with commercial health insurers.

The Supreme Court said it will review, during its term beginning in October, a federal appeals court decision that held the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate unconstitutional. 

Six people near the Kirkland area of Washington state have died from COVID-19 complications, local health officials announced. At least five had underlying health conditions, and at least four were from the same long-term care facility.

America’s health care providers are no strangers to challenges. Time and again, we have overcome complex, difficult and daunting situations by using innovative approaches that have vastly improved patients’ lives.

Medicare eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals must attest to meaningful use of electronic health records for the 2019 Promoting Interoperability Program reporting period by Monday, March 2 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar named former Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer chair of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has selected 205 ambulance service providers or suppliers, including some AHA members, to participate in the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) Model.

The number of Medicare-Dependent Hospitals declined 28% from fiscal years 2011 through 2017 to 138 as hospitals became ineligible, merged, closed or other changes, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued updated guidance for health care professionals evaluating and reporting patients under investigation for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). 

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack outlines the steps hospitals are taking to prepare for the coronavirus (COVID-19).

The AHA and American Nurses Association today urged Congress to “swiftly provide” $1 billion in initial supplemental emergency funding to support the “urgent preparedness and response needs of hospitals, health systems, physicians and nurses on the front lines” of the novel coronavirus outbreak.  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first possible U.S. case of community-spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), in a patient in northern California with no known potential exposure through travel or another infected patient.

Health care providers should periodically assess older adults for social isolation and loneliness, and initiate potential preventive interventions for individuals at elevated risk due to life events, such as loss of a significant relationship or geographic move, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services presented a 2020 CMS Health Equity Award to Atrium Health, formerly known as Carolinas HealthCare System, for its efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer screening rates.