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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Sept. 19 recommended that patients should consult their health care provider if they want to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
In this first episode of a four-part series with the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, Alice Ayres, president and CEO of the AHP, discusses how philanthropy is no longer just an add-on but a strategic driver for hospitals and health systems.
Susan Doherty, AHA’s vice president of field engagement, and Rebecca Chickey, AHA’s senior director of behavioral health services, write on the unique ways suicide affects rural communities and the innovative methods rural health care providers are using to care for their neighbors.
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.