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by Rick Pollack, President and CEO, AHA
As the campaign season heats up, it’s important for all health care providers to speak up, ask hard questions of candidates and evaluate their thinking on the issues that affect our field.
The Administration March 28 issued a government-wide policy to manage artificial intelligence use and risks within federal agencies.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology March 27 released for comment through May 28 a federal strategic plan for health information technology over the next five years.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services March 27 released the fiscal year 2025 proposed rule for inpatient rehabilitation facilities, which would update IRF payments by an estimated 2.8% overall (or $280 million) in FY 2025.
The Environmental Protection Agency March 26 presented AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering with a 2024 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year — Sustained Excellence Award, the program’s highest honor, for its long-term commitment to fighting climate change and protecting public health through energy efficiency.
AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity March 27 began sending hospitals and health systems an email reminder to complete the 2024 DEI Benchmark Survey, noting that the deadline has been extended to April 30.
In this first of a two-part conversation with experts from Providence, Adam Zoller, chief information security officer, and Katie Adams, cybersecurity director of clinical technology services, discuss the potential cyberthreats posed by third parties and prevention strategies to keep your protected systems secure.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services March 27 finalized a rule proposed in 2022 to standardize Medicaid and CHIP enrollment and renewal processes and make it easier for eligible children and adults to stay covered.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week released a guide to health plan resources for health care providers impacted by the Change Healthcare cyberattack, including health plan contact information, noting in an accompanying letter that many providers continue to face significant disruptions as a result of the cyberattack or difficulty getting information from health plans about prospective payments and other flexibilities.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency March 27 released a proposed rule implementing cyber incident and ransom payment reporting requirements under the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022, intended to help the agency prevent cyberattacks and deploy assistance to victims.