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3 Keys to Addressing the Rural Maternal Health Crisis
Rural hospitals, which deliver about one in 10 babies nationally each year, have been closing in significant numbers. Despite the challenging environment, rural hospitals and health systems are taking traditional and innovative approaches to build or expand their maternal health programs.
AHA Statement for Committee on Education & the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, & Pensions
The AHA and its members are committed to promoting affordability and value to advance the health of our patients. Given the hearing’s focus of reducing health care costs, we provide comments on a number of policies aimed at increasing access to quality care at reduced costs.
HIPAA enforcement discretion to end with COVID-19 public health emergency
HIPAA enforcement discretion implemented for the COVID-19 public health emergency will expire with the end of the PHE on May 11, but covered health care providers will have until Aug. 9 to comply with the HIPAA rules with respect to telehealth, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced today.
Study supports continuing telehealth services for opioid use disorder
Medicare patients who have access to telehealth services and medications for opioid use disorder have lower risk of fatal drug overdose, according to a study reported yesterday in JAMA Psychiatry.
Applying an Equity Lens to Digital Health
Reliance on digital tools can exacerbate barriers to care among certain populations and may be less accessible to people with limited English proficiency. As these technologies become ubiquitous, now is the time to examine digital health from an equity lens to ensure that no community is left behind.
AHA Comment Letter to DEA on Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances Proposed Rule
AHA's feedback on a Drug Enforcement Administration proposed rule for the telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances when there has not been a prior in-person medical evaluation.
AHA Comments on the RFI on the Drivers of Health Care Workforce Shortages and Solutions
AHA responds to the RFI on the drivers of health care workforce shortages and solutions.
Is Health Care on the Threshold of a Remote Patient-Monitoring Boom?
Brian W. Anthony, director of MIT’s master of engineering in manufacturing program and co-director of MIT’s Medical Electronic Device Realization Center, recently outlined in MedCity News key ways that remote patient monitoring could improve health care.
AHA Comments on MedPAC January Public Meeting Topics – Medicare Part B Drug Payments and Telehealth Services 2023
AHA shares comments on two topics that were discussed during the January 2023 public meeting: Medicare Part B drug payments and telehealth services.
DEA Releases Proposed Rules for Prescribing Controlled Substances through Telemedicine
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Feb. 27 published two proposed rules: telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances when there has not been a prior in-person evaluation, and expansion of buprenorphine prescribing. Comments on both rules are due to the agency by March 31