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Practices, payers can apply to join primary care model in 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a request for applications for practices and payers to participate in the Primary Care First Model beginning in January 2022.

Blog: Large-scale health systems a major benefit in coping with COVID-19

“Though many parts of the US government and society have struggled to respond to COVID, large integrated multi-hospital health systems appear to have made a decisive difference in this pandemic,” consultants Jeff Goldsmith and Ian Morrison write in the Health Affairs Blog.

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine phase 2/3 pediatric trial underway

Moderna announced the administration of first COVID-19 vaccine doses to participants between the ages of 6 months and 12 years old as part of a phase 2/3 clinical trial. 

CMS excludes four physician telehealth services from Medicare after COVID-19 emergency

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a notice correcting technical errors in its final rule updating physician fee schedule payments for calendar year 2021.

AHA launches new toolkit series focused on advancing health equity strategies and tactics

Hospital and health system leaders are uniquely positioned to deploy strategies and solutions to advance health equity, diversity and inclusion and share those successes broadly, writes Joy Lewis, AHA senior vice president of health equity strategies and executive director of the AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, in a blog post highlighting a new resource released today.

OSHA launches COVID-19 National Emphasis Program

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a National Emphasis Program related to COVID-19 enforcement that expands upon OSHA’s current enforcement efforts by targeting specific high-hazard industries or activities where the risk of workers contracting COVID-19 is substantial.

AHA releases new fact sheet highlighting continued financial challenges hospitals are facing

The AHA released a new fact sheet highlighting how hospitals and health systems continue to experience financial challenges more than a year into the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Sens. Shaheen, Collins introduce Medicare Sequester Relief Act

Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, introduced the Medicare Sequester Relief Act, bipartisan legislation that would prevent cuts to Medicare payments to health care providers from taking effect during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

At AHA Advocacy event, Congress urged to provide relief from Medicare sequester cuts

Hundreds of hospital and health system leaders today participated in an AHA advocacy briefing to hear the latest on House and Senate bills that would extend the moratorium on the 2% Medicare sequester cuts, which are expected to resume on April 1 without additional congressional action.
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