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August Vulnerabilities of Interest to the Health Sector In August 2024, vulnerabilities to the health sector have been released that require attention.
In this conversation, Hilton Raethel, president and CEO of the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, describes how the tragedy unfolded, the steps health care providers took in the face of an unparalleled crisis and what can be improved when the next disaster strikes.
On September 11, 2024, Cisco issued advisories disclosing vulnerabilities affecting multiple products, including Cisco IOS XR Software, Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator (NSO), Optical Site Manager, and RV340 Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Routers.
AHA worked with Vizient to analyze data from hospitals across the country; please use the report and AHA tools to share how your organization is focused on patient safety and quality.
This report using data analyzed by Vizient shows that hospital performance on key patient safety and quality measures is better in the first quarter of 2024 than it was right before the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this conversation, Stacey Ouellette, director of Behavioral Health Integration with Maine Behavioral Healthcare, discusses the positive impact integrated care has had on workplace productivity and satisfaction, and how it's made their teams more connected across the organization.
The AHA is providing feedback on the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (H.R. 3120) and the Transparent Telehealth Bills Act of 2024 (H.R. 9457).
Between 2022 and 2023, care denials increased an average of 20.2% and 55.7% for commercial and Medicare Advantage (MA) claims, respectively.
A new study based on research conducted by the Mercer consultancy and its partner Lightcast projects changes to the U.S. health care labor market by 2028 by state and metro and micro statistical areas.
AHA urges CMS to consider whether adjustments are necessary in its approach to annual market basket updates to ensure that beneficiaries continue to have access to high-quality outpatient care. We also urge CMS to eliminate the productivity cut for CY 2025, as detailed below.