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Throwback Thursday: First Person Oral History with Paul Ellwood, Jr., M.D.
From the day he was born, Ellwood seemed destined for a prominent life in American health care.
Reminder: Friday is Deadline to Apply for Foster G. McGaw Prize
The AHA, along with Baxter International Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust, is accepting applications through April 6 for the 2018 Foster G. McGaw Prize.
Surgeon General Urges More Americans to Carry Opioid Overdose Drug
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, M.D., today issued a public health advisory urging Americans who misuse opioids, have an opioid use disorder or recent overdose, or know someone who does, to carry and know how to use naloxone – a drug that can be delivered via nasal mist or injection to temporarily suspend the effects of an overdose until emergency responders arrive.
Senate, House Committees Release Opioid Legislation
The leaders of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee last night released a discussion draft of bipartisan legislation to address the opioid crisis, and announced an April 11 hearing on the bill with the goal of marking up legislation this spring.
MedPAC Recommends Payment Cuts for Certain Urban Off-campus EDs
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today approved a recommendation to reduce emergency department payment rates by 30% for off-campus stand-alone EDs located within six miles of an on-campus hospital ED.
Perspective: The Most Precious Gift
Each April, the AHA joins Donate Life America, the Health Resources and Services Administration and others in highlighting the important role of organ, eye and tissue donation in providing hope and health.
SAMHSA Launches Online Resource Center
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has launched an Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center, which offers treatment improvement protocols, clinical practice guidelines and other tools related to opioids and other substance use prevention, treatment and recovery, and serious mental illness and mental health.
CDC Alerts Clinicians to Bleeding Associated with Synthetic Cannabinoids
More than 90 people have presented to emergency departments in Illinois and four other states since March 10 with serious unexplained bleeding, including two patients who died.
Court to Apply Per Se Antitrust Standard to Certain BCBS Rules Limiting Competition
A federal district court judge in Alabama yesterday ruled that the Blue Cross Blue Shield organizations named in multi-district antitrust litigation in that court must defend under a strict per se standard of review the geographic and output restrictions in the “exclusive service area” and “national best efforts” rules.
At AHA’s Urging, DEA Takes Steps to Address IV Opioid Shortages
At the request of AHA and others, the Drug Enforcement Administration has taken steps that will address the IV opioid shortages.