By Rani E. Snyder, President, The John A. Hartford Foundation and Dr. Chris DeRienzo, AHA Chief Physician Executive/President of AHA’s HRET As the U.S. population ages, hospitals and health systems are reimagining how care is delivered to better meet the …
A new AHA blog details how hospitals are modernizing care for older Americans. It highlights the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative, created by The John A. Hartford Foundation, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the AHA, along with other …
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday announced that it will award $96.7 million in grants through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for various behavioral health services. The grants will support a range of …
The AHA will make a donation to the Indiana Hospital Association in support of hospital personnel impacted by the recent flooding in Indiana caused by severe weather that began Aug. 11. President Trump issued a disaster declaration Aug. 15, authorizing …
For the 2025-2026 school year, exemptions from one or more vaccines among U.S. kindergartners was at 4.2%, increasing from 3.6% for the previous school year, according to data released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Exemptions …
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday announced the launch of QualTech, a new event created to identify innovative technology that improves health outcomes. CMS is seeking participants from U.S-based teams, academic institutions, …
In this conversation, Baligh Yehia, M.D., president of Jefferson Health, shares how the organization is rethinking healthcare access through same-day cancer care, virtual primary care, home-based services and expanded access to clinical trials. LISTEN NOW
The Department of Health and Human Services Aug. 14 announced that three health systems have signed the agency’s voluntary pledge related to hospital efforts on healthy food. HHS noted that those systems — Corewell Health in Michigan, Houston Methodist in …
Every day, hospitals and health systems perform a remarkable balancing act. They invest in talented caregivers, advanced technologies, innovative partnerships and modern facilities, all while keeping their focus where it belongs: delivering safe, high- …
For patients, healthcare affordability is about more than the price of an individual service. It is also about whether the healthcare system meets their needs. Does the system help them find the right care at the right time to better treat or manage their …
The Common Health Coalition announced Aug. 13 that it will receive $100 million in funding from the OpenAI Foundation for a new initiative using artificial intelligence-powered tools to help states and localities treat and cure various infections and …
A blog by Robyn Tessin, AHA director of policy, discusses the ways value-based care can meet patients’ needs, resulting in improved affordability and access to timely, coordinated care. “The promise of value-based care is a healthcare system that feels …
The AHA Aug. 13 responded to a Food and Drug Administration request for input on the risks and benefits to health and safety associated with non-device software. Among its recommendations, the AHA supported the benefits of clinical decision support …
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Aug. 11 ruled to vacate certain regulations implementing how the No Surprises Act qualifying payment amount is calculated. The QPA reflects an insurance plan’s median contracted rate for a specific service in the same …
In this conversation, Michele Frankel, deputy market president for Northwell Health’s Eastern Market, and Susan Kwiatek, DNP, vice president of aging and supportive care and leader of Northwell Health’s Institute for Healthy Aging, reveal how one of the …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday released a health advisory on the risk of severe arboviral disease among patients receiving B-cell-depleting or B-cell-modulating medications. Arboviruses are mostly transmitted by mosquitos and …
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released an advisory for certain clinicians who are qualifying alternative payment model participants and eligible to receive APM incentive payments, notifying them that their current billing …
The AHA today provided comments to the Consumer Product Safety Commission on its agenda and priorities for fiscal years 2027 and 2028, specifically focusing on recommendations for National Electronic Injury Surveillance System modernization efforts. As …
U.S. and international agencies released a joint cybersecurity advisory Aug. 10 warning of actions by Gunra ransomware. Gunra is a ransomware-as-a-service program that has been used to target government, critical infrastructure — including healthcare — and …
President Trump signed an executive order Aug. 10 revamping the federal government’s recommended childhood vaccine schedule. The order divides immunizations into three categories and recommends they should be administered at separate medical visits when …
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