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Coronavirus COVID-19: Organizational Preparedness and Capacity Planning

This is a list of resources for AHA Members on the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
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AHA to Congress Re: End of Year Agenda Priorities

As Congress begins to focus on its end of the year agenda for 2022, America’s hospitals and health systems respectfully request that you consider the following priorities.
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Public Reporting of Hospital Personnel COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Starts This Month

This month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will post hospital performance on its health care personnel (HCP) COVID-19 vaccination measure.

Coronavirus COVID-19: Coverage and Reimbursement

This is a list of resources on coverage and reimbursement in response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
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FEMA Issues COVID-19 Patient Care Revenue Duplication of Benefits Guidance

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently issued new COVID-19 Public Assistance (PA) guidance for health care providers, which describes the methodology it will use to review medical billing costs as part of applications for FEMA reimbursement for certain costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CDC Updates COVID-19 Guidance for Health Care Providers

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday, Sept. 23 released updates to certain COVID-19 guidance pertaining to health care providers.
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AHA Urges HHS to Extend Public Health Emergency Beyond October

AHA urges HHS to renew the COVID-19 public health emergency due to expire in October.

HHS: Hospital COVID-19 Data Reporting will Transition to CDC This December

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will assume responsibility for the collection of hospital COVID-19 data, beginning in mid-December 2022.

Fact Sheet: Extending the Acute Hospital Care at Home Program Beyond the End of the COVID-19 PHE

The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to extend the H@H program as currently authorized under the waiver to allow providers to continue to take steps to transform care delivery in a way that improves patient experience and outcomes while ensuring high patient safety. The Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (S. 3792, H.R. 7053), bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Carper (D-DE) and Scott (R-SC) and Congressmen Blumenauer (D-OR) and Wenstrup (R-OH), would provide a two-year extension of the current H@H waiver.

Wear A Mask Campaign

This campaign aims to offer resources on proper mask-wearing and care practices in addition to advice from health leaders to better equip our nation with the information they need to keep themselves, their family, and their communities safe.