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One hundred thirty-eight members of the House of Representatives yesterday expressed concern with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposal to expand certain site-neutral payment policies to grandfathered off-campus hospital provider-based departments in calendar year 2019.

The AHA today expressed its opposition to an amendment included in the Department of Homeland Security’s appropriations bill in the House Appropriations Committee that would eliminate the per-country cap for immigrant visas.

HHS announced that it has activated its Emergency Prescription Assistance Program in Florida, allowing thousands of uninsured Floridians access to no-cost replacements of critical medications lost or damaged by Hurricane Michael.

Hospitals and health systems are working with their communities on a number of efforts to prevent workforce and community violence, AHA Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Jay Bhatt, D.O., said yesterday.

HHS has issued a request for information on how health care providers and health plans are working to improve care for Medicare patients with social risk factors.

Registration is open for the Association for Community Health Improvement National Conference, March 19–21, 2019, in Chicago.

One hundred thirty-eight members of the House of Representatives yesterday expressed concern with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposal to expand certain site-neutral payment policies to grandfathered off-campus hospital provider-based departments in calendar year 2019.

October is cybersecurity month (in reality, every month is cybersecurity month) but this is a good time to review the overall landscape.

The AHA and other hospital groups today opposed the Department of Health and Human Services motion to stay in the groups’ lawsuit challenging the excessive delay in the effective date for the 340B price transparency rule.  

The AHA and National Urban League today released a compendium of resources to help hospitals and health systems implement successful and sustainable community health worker programs.

HHS yesterday highlighted a number of its efforts in fiscal year 2018 that it says have reduced the burden of regulations by $12.5 billion.

Nationwide, 2,734 Medicare Advantage plans will be available for individual enrollment in 2019 – an increase of 417 plans since 2018, according to a report this week by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

HHS today announced $293 million in awards to expand the primary health care workforce for clinicians and students through the National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps programs.

The World Health Organization said today that the latest outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo does not constitute a global health emergency at this time, saying it does not pose a serious threat of spreading.

Given the high adoption rate of certified electronic health records, the EHR Reporting Program should “emphasize reporting criteria that indicate how certified EHRs support the safe, efficient and

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday announced that it has confirmed 62 cases of acute flaccid myelitis – a polio-like illness that mostly affects children and can cause paralysis.

The Department of Health and Human Services today hosted a national meeting on neonatal abstinence syndrome focused on how to use health technology and data to better understand outcomes and improve long-term care. 

The Food and Drug Administration today issued draft guidance that provides recommendations to the medical device industry on cybersecurity considerations for device design, labeling and documentation that the FDA recommends be included in premarket submissions for medical devices with cybersecurity risk.

The National Academy of Medicine this week announced the election of 75 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting.

The AHA appreciates certain steps the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is taking to improve the stability and flexibility of the Medicare Shared Savings Program; however, the associatio