Robust outreach and enrollment efforts, and standards and payments that ensure timely and equitable access to quality care are critical to a comprehensive access and coverage strategy, AHA said.
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Positive results should be treated as presumptive and confirmed with a molecular test.
Nonprofit organizations, academic health centers, health professions schools, and state and local governments can apply through June 14.
FDA recently authorized a second Moderna booster dose for certain adults.
Michigan yesterday became the second state to extend postpartum coverage from 60 days to 12 months after pregnancy for Medicaid and CHIP enrollees under the American Rescue Plan Act.
Organizations should take steps to prevent access to ICS/SCADA devices to disrupt critical functions.
HRSA began releasing Phase 4 payments from the Provider Relief Fund last December.
The plans by HHS and other agencies were prompted by an executive order last year.
The grants are the first awards from $475 million in emergency grants authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act.
AHA has urged the agencies to update their merger guidelines.
The trial included 140 children who received the booster about 6 months after completing the primary vaccine series.
As urged by the AHA, HHS renewed the COVID-19 emergency declaration for another 90 days effective April 16.
CMS to convene stakeholders to share best practices; HRSA awards grants
Other notable speakers at the April 24-26 meeting include CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D.
In a study of adults previously infected with COVID-19, the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines offered additional protection against reinfection leading to hospitalization.
The March of Dimes recently updated its implicit bias training modules to emphasize the importance of creating an action plan.
The AHA yesterday launched the newest poster in its People Matter, Words Matter series.
The National Academy of Medicine is launching an action collaborative in support of decarbonizing the U.S. health care sector.
The rule would decrease aggregate Medicare spending by $320 million compared with FY 2022.
Responding to the Lown Institute’s latest report on hospital community benefits, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack notes that financial assistance is only one part of a hospital’s total community benefit.