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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Dec. 28 released guidance on how health care workers can receive expedited renewal of their Employment Authorization Document.
The AHA Dec. 29 sent a letter to UnitedHealthcare expressing concern over the carrier鈥檚 decision to change its coverage criteria for emergency-level care, as well as requesting that the plan rescind this new policy. UHC will begin reviewing claims starting Jan. 1 for emergency services to evaluate鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec.
The Department of Health and Human Services through Sept. 30 has reduced by more than 75% its backlog of Medicare appeals at the Administrative Law Judge level, according to a status report the agency provided Dec. 21, 2021 to a federal court.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released two additional resources to help facilities and providers implement provisions of the No Surprises Act that go into effect Jan. 1, 2022.
In a new report from the Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development鈥檚 2021 Thought Leader Forum, leaders from Novant Health, ProMedica and RWJBarnabas Health share their perspectives on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care transformation. SHSMD is an AHA professional鈥
AHA and the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation are sponsoring the Jan. 19-20 equity summit, 鈥淩ighting the Wrongs: Tackling Health Inequity,鈥 organized by The Hastings Center and the Association of American Medical Colleges鈥 Center for Health Justice.
In this podcast presented by the AHA Living Learning Network and American Organization for Nursing Leadership, Advocate Aurora Health Chief Nursing Officer Mary Beth Kingston, a member of the AHA Board of Trustees, and nurse leader Patricia Quinn, director of maternal child health at Northwell鈥
The AHA today launched a virtual postcard series of #ForeverGrateful messages expressing appreciation for the efforts of health care workers in their communities.
About four in 10 eligible U.S. adults aged 65 or older received a booster or additional primary dose of COVID-19 vaccine between Aug. 13 and Nov. 19, with lowest coverage among American Indian or Alaska Native (30%), Hispanic or Latino (34%), and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander persons (鈥