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CMS releases Medicaid DSH allotments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released states’ final disproportionate share hospital allotments for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and their preliminary DSH allotments for FY 2020 and 2021.
MedPAC, MACPAC release March reports to Congress
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission released its March report to Congress, which includes recent recommendations for hospital and other Medicare payment systems in fiscal year 2023 and a description of its prototype value-based purchasing program for post-acute care providers.
Report: COVID-19 hospitalizations surged in children under 5 during omicron
Weekly COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates among U.S. infants and children under age 5 have declined since peaking Jan. 8, but peak rates during omicron predominance were about five times those during delta predominance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
SAMHSA announces grants to expand substance use treatment, prevention
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced $25.6 million in grants to expand access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder and prevent the misuse of prescription drugs.
White House lays out consequences if Congress fails to fund COVID-19 response
Without additional funding from Congress, the U.S. cannot secure sufficient COVID-19 vaccine boosters and variant-specific vaccines for all Americans; reimburse providers to test, treat and vaccinate the uninsured; provide monoclonal antibody therapies to states; or sustain testing capacity, among other actions, according to a White House announcement.
Senate bill to strengthen emergency medical preparedness clears committee
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions committee voted 20-2 to advance, as amended, the PREVENT Pandemics Act (S. 3799), bipartisan legislation to strengthen the nation’s public health and medical preparedness and response systems in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nation’s Leading Nursing Organizations Issue Urgent Appeal for Support for Ukraine’s Health Care Workers
As Russia’s brutal, unprovoked military assault against Ukraine continues, the five-member Tri-Council for Nursing — American Association of Colleges of Nursing, American Nurses Association, American Organization for Nursing Leadership, National Council of State Boards of Nursing, and the National League for Nursing — joins the International Council of Nurses, the International Rescue Committee and other national and international nursing, medical and emergency response organizations worldwide in solidarity with the health care communities in Ukraine and across the eastern European region.
Podcast: FBI cyber expert provides state-of-play for U.S. health care sector amid Russia-borne cyberthreats
In this special podcast, John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, speaks with FBI Cyber Engagement and Intelligence Section Chief David Ring on the cybersecurity implications of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
Podcast: Acclaimed journalist documents the systemic and structural racism that impact women’s health
In AHA’s newest Advancing Health podcast, recorded for International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, Priya Bathija, AHA’s vice president of strategic initiatives, talks to journalist and author Anushay Hossain about the health care experience of women, particularly women of color.
Blog: Saving 1 Million Hearts
Million Hearts 2027 is a national initiative to prevent one million heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular events over the next five years.