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AHA resources for National Hospital Week celebrations

AHA released ready-to-use resources for National Hospital Week, May 12-18, including a digital toolkit and social media graphics.

AAMC study examines the impact of health care consolidation in states 

The top three large-group insurers control an average of 82.2% of the market share in each state, nearly twice the combined average market share of each state’s largest health systems, according to a study about consolidation in health care released May 1 by the Association of American Medical Colleges. 

Lawmakers grill UHG CEO at hearings following Change Healthcare cyberattack

Senate and House lawmakers May 1 grilled UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty about the continued fallout from the Feb. 22 cyberattack on Change Healthcare — the most significant and consequential cyberattack on the U.S. health care system in American history. 

NCC sends FY 2025 funding requests to congressional subcommittees

AONL and 56 other members of the Nursing Community Coalition urged the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies to appropriate at least $530 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and at least $210 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research for Fiscal Year 2025.

VOICE | May 2024

The May issue of Voice of Nursing Leadership has a focus of care models. Learn how LPNs have improved efficiency at UPMC (formerly University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) and the next steps for virtual nursing at Ochsner Medical Center in Louisiana.

Coalition urges CMS to hold ACOs harmless for anomalous catheter spending

Eleven organizations representing health care providers, including the AHA, April 29 urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to hold accountable care organizations responsible for anomalous Medicare spending beyond their control.

New AHA maternal health resource focuses on heart health for pregnant women 

AHA’s Better Health for Mothers and Babies initiative April 29 released a resource highlighting strategies hospitals are implementing to raise awareness and detect heart health needs early, during and after pregnancy.

AHA advertorial: Is UnitedHealth Group ‘Too Big To Fail’? 

“If you are asking yourself how a cyberattack on a single company could cause such massive damage, you are asking the right question,” an AHA advertorial in April 30's Washington Post, states. “The answer, however, is stunningly simple. Over the past several years, Change Healthcare’s corporate owner, UnitedHealth Group, has acquired so many companies and spread its tentacles so far throughout the healthcare system that it has become ‘too big to fail.’”

House subcommittee holds hearing on Medicaid access, program integrity 

AHA submitted a statement to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health for a hearing April 30 on proposed legislation to address Medicaid access and program integrity.

Putting People First: Why Language Matters in Behavioral Health Care

Language not only describes what we think, but shapes how we think.