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VOICE | January 2024

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HHS Announces Some Flexibilities for Hospitals Following Cyberattack on Change Healthcare

The Department of Health and Human Services announced some flexibilities from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to assist providers in continuing to serve patients in the wake of the unprecedented cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.

CMS announces flexibilities in response to Change Healthcare attack; Schumer calls for additional action

The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services March 5 announced flexibilities intended to help providers continue to serve patients in the wake of the cyberattack on Change Healthcare.
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AHA Statement on HHS Response to Change Healthcare Cyberattack

The Change Healthcare cyberattack is the most significant and consequential incident of its kind against the U.S. health care system in history.

AHA Statement on HHS Voluntary Cybersecurity Performance Goals

America’s hospitals and health systems are dedicated to protecting their patients and workforce against cyber attacks that can disrupt patient care and erode privacy by the loss of personal health care data.

Agencies seek input on corporate ownership growth in health care

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, Federal Trade Commission and Department of Health and Human Services seek public input through May 6 on increasing private-equity and other corporate ownership in health care, which will inform their future enforcement priorities and efforts to promote competition in health care markets.
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Urge Congress to Provide Support to Hospitals Affected by Change Healthcare Cyberattack

As the entire health care system continues to be affected by the ongoing cyberattack on Change Healthcare, we need Congress to act and support hospitals and other providers to help minimize further fallout from this attack.

AONL Nursing Leadership Insight Study Tracks Top Challenges

Funded by AONL, the AONL Foundation and Joslin Insight conducted a nursing leadership insight study in November 2023, part of a series beginning in July 2020. This report highlights the most recent findings on nurse leaders’ challenges, solutions, well-being and areas for needed support. The full report, released in January, can be viewed at aonl.org/resources/nursing-leadership-study.

Ethical Considerations for International Recruitment

Health care delivery systems in the United States face a significant nursing shortage exacerbated by post-pandemic staffing challenges, frustrations and burnout. The global nursing shortage has been an ever-present challenge in health care systems worldwide, and the demand for nurses, including in the U.S., continues to rise. To partially fill this void, health care organizations increasingly rely on internationally educated nurses (IENs) to provide high-quality care. However, recruiting IENs involves ethical and practical concerns, necessitating an informed, well-planned and compassionate approach. Ethical international recruitment of nurses can be one way to help address the nursing shortage.