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SAMHSA Grants for Model to Treat Serious Mental Illness Available

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is accepting applications through May 29 for grants to establish, expand and maintain Assertive Community Treatment programs.

AHA Brief Calls for Preliminary Injunction in 340B Case

The AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges, America’s Essential Hospitals, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, Henry Ford Health System and Adventist Health System's Park Ridge Health yesterday urged a federal appeals court to find that they are entitled to a preliminary injunction in their lawsuit to prevent a nearly 30% Medicare payment reduction for many hospitals in the 340B drug savings program.

CDC Urges Aggressive Action to Stop Spread of Antibiotic-resistant Germs

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today urged state and local health departments and health care facilities to work with its Antibiotic Resistance Lab Network to implement a coordinated strategy to prevent the spread of unusual germs that are resistant to all or most antibiotics or can spread their resistance to other germs, reporting more than 220 instances of such germs in the United States last year.

Maine Hospitals Contribute $10.2 Billion to Economy

Maine hospitals contributed $10.2 billion and 66,870 direct and indirect jobs to the state’s economy in 2016

Hospitals Encouraged to Complete Governance Survey

The AHA has launched its 2018 National Health Care Governance Survey, which will benchmark board structures, practices and culture and highlight best practices and trends in the evolving environment.

CMS: 11.8 Million Enroll in Exchange Plan During 2018 Open Enrollment

Nearly 11.8 million people actively or automatically enrolled in a health plan through HealthCare.gov or a state-based exchange during open enrollment for 2018.

ONC Issues Patient Guide to Accessing Health Records Electronically

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today released an online guide to help patients and caregivers access and use their health information electronically.

NIH Initiative Targets Better Ways to Prevent, Treat Opioid Addiction

The National Institutes of Health will spend about $1.1 billion this year on research to prevent and treat opioid addiction.

AHA Expresses Support for Bill Reauthorizing CHGME Program

The AHA today expressed support for the Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 (S. 2597/H.R. 5385), which would reauthorize the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program for an additional five years and fund the program annually at $330 million.

Providence Launches Telehealth Services; Baby Boomers Go Bionic; and More News

Also in this week’s roundup: A Georgia medical center uses tech and touch to help NICU patients, and airlines embrace the idea of healthier flying.