HHS Awards Nearly $55 Million to Increase Virtual Health Care Access and Quality Through...
Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded nearly $55 million to 29 HRSA-funded...
Tool Helps Hospitals Target Infection Prevention Efforts
A new four-part tool is available to help hospitals and health systems estimate the cost and benefit of interventions to prevent health care-associated infections. The...
FDA Alerts Providers to COVID-19 Rapid Test Recall
The Food and Drug Administration announced a Class 1 recall of the E25Bio COVID-19 Direct Antigen Response Test. E25Bio is recalling its COVID-19 Direct...
CDC Studies Look at COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Effectiveness
During the omicron wave, the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine was 87% effective at preventing emergency and urgent care visits and 95% effective at...
Application for New Residency Positions – Due March 31st
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) is encouraging providers to apply for the 1,000 newly created Graduate Medical Education (GME) residency slots...
CDC Endorses FDA’s Full Approval of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for Adults
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) endorsed the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recommendation to grant full approval to the...
CMS Makes Nursing Home COVID-19 Booster Vaccination Data Available Online, Increasing Transparency for Consumers
As part of its commitment to improve transparency and help families and caregivers find the best nursing home care for their loved ones, the...
FDA Takes Steps Aimed at Fostering Development of Non-Addictive Alternatives to Opioids
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took new steps aimed at fostering the development of non-addictive alternatives to opioids to manage acute...
Health Systems Can Apply for Funding to Improve Patient Outcomes
On Feb. 15, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will launch an AHA-informed initiative that will provide funding to help health care delivery systems...
FDA Issues Update on Ventilator Recall
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week issued an update on the Class 1 recall of certain Philips Respironics ventilators. According to the update,...
