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Participants in the Healthy Start Initiative may apply for up to $180,000 each in supplemental funding.

Three more regions are no longer authorized to treat patients at high risk for progressing to severe COVID-19 with sotrovimab because the monoclonal antibody is unlikely to work against the BA.2 variant predominating there.

The 2022 AHA Annual Membership Meeting is just three weeks away, and I’m looking forward to seeing many of you April 24-26 in Washington, D.C.

Hospital employment has grown in 15 of the past 22 months, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late yesterday issued a proposed rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system for fiscal year 2023 that would increase payments by 2.8% ($170 million) relative to FY 2021.

CMS proposes to increase IPF payments by a net 2.7%, equivalent to $50 million, in FY 2023.

Cardiac complications after SARS-CoV-2 infection or mRNA COVID-19 vaccination are low overall but higher after infection than after vaccination, according to an analysis of electronic health record data.

Louisiana today became the first state to extend Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage for pregnant and postpartum people from 60 days to 12 months through a state plan amendment.

Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday extended the deadline to Oct. 1, 2024.

Organizations that provide palliative or end-of-life care are encouraged to apply for the 2023 Circle of Life Awards.

When it comes to the state of American health care, we have much to be proud of. At the same time, we must also acknowledge that the benefits of our nation’s health care system have not always been equally accessible to all of our citizens.

Private sector alerted to UPS device risk, public sector ransomware attacks.

CMS proposes a 2.7% ($580 million) net increase to payments compared with FY 2022.

Consumers with health coverage experience challenges finding in-network mental health providers, who may not be accepting new patients or have long wait times to see them, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

Products by FarmaKeio Superior Custom Compounding that are intended as sterile may not be, the agency said.

Inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals have until April 6 to access updated provider preview reports of their quality data.

Dismantling structural barriers that prevent health equity takes collective effort, write AHA's Joy Lewis and Nancy Myers.

Now is the time to evaluate how far we have come in closing gaps in health disparities, assess where health care is on the equity journey and take what we’ve learned to strengthen our organizations and communities through collaborative and innovative work — by investing in our neighborhoods and one another.

Health care providers who received Provider Relief Fund payments exceeding $10,000 total between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2020, must report to the Health Resources and Services Administration by March 31 on how they used those funds.

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs today voted to advance as amended the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act (S.3904),