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Retail pharmacies to help administer COVID-19 vaccines

As of Nov. 6, about 60% of the nation’s retail pharmacies have agreed to participate in a federal program to administer COVID-19 vaccines at no cost to patients once authorized or licensed by the Food and Drug Administration, the departments of Health and Human Services and Defense announced.

Advancing Equity in Partnership with the Medical Staff

In this Advancing Health podcast about Cone Health and how it has pioneered educational sessions for its physicians about social and racial influences in health care, Darren Henson, Director of Operations with the AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, speaks with three members of Cone Health’s leadership team: Laura Vail, Director of Health Equity, Dr. Alvin Powell, Chief Health Equity Officer and Paul Jeffrey, President of Cone Health’s Wesley Long Hospital. Cone Health, winner of the AHA’s 2020 Equity of Care Award, has been recognized for its innovative process and creative steps that hospitals and health systems can incorporate to achieve similar success in advancing health equity.

Underwood wins race for Illinois house seat

Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., is projected to win reelection to represent Illinois’s 14th Congressional District.
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AHA to Host Call Monday at 4 p.m. ET with HHS on Distribution and Administration of Monoclonal Antibody Therapies

The AHA will host a call on Monday, Nov. 16, from 4-5 p.m. ET with leaders from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and other federal agencies to discuss the delivery and administration of monoclonal antibody therapies.
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CMS Releases Final Rule on Revisions to Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care Regulations

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 9 released a final rule revising its Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) managed care regulations that implement policy changes to streamline existing manage care regulations as recommended by state Medicaid directors.

DEA expands access to MAT, issues proposed rule on drug diversion

The Drug Enforcement Administration published an interim final rule expanding access to medication-assisted treatment under the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act of 2018.

Perspective: Building on the ACA to Advance Health for All

“Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good” is a quote credited to the French writer and thinker Voltaire. Although he died in 1778, that phrase is very appropriate today when discussing the Affordable Care Act.

Matthew Stefanko