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In a new issue brief, the AHA has collected a series of resources and examples to help hospitals and health systems recruit and integrate the veteran population into their workforce, as well as ser

Jon Zifferblatt, M.D., executive vice president and chief strategy officer at West Health, and Diane Wintz, M.D., critical care specialist and medical director of the Trauma Program at Sharp Memori

The National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center announced Oct. 15 that it will award $37.5 million in grants to 75 hospitals seeking to become or maintain status as a National Special Pathogen System Level 2 treatment center.

A report by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General found that many Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care plans offer access to a limited proportion of behavioral health providers, and inaccurately list 72% of in-network behavioral health care providers as being available.

A blog by the AHA’s Aaron Wesoloski, vice president of research strategy and policy communications, and Megha Parikh, associate director of health analytics policy, explains the importance of including all components of a nonprofit hospital’s Schedule H report from its Internal Revenue Service Form 990 when evaluating the hospital’s accounting of community benefit.

The AHA Oct. 20 responded to a request for information from the Federal Trade Commission on employer noncompete agreements.

Comments are due Oct. 27 to the Office of Science and Technology Policy on federal regulations that hinder AI development, deployment or adoption.

The AHA urged the Department of Commerce Oct. 17 to take a balanced approach to ensuring dependable and affordable access to personal protective equipment, medical consumables and medical equipment as it considers future tariff and trade policy.

The Senate Oct. 17 failed for a 10th time to advance the continuing resolution to extend government funding and end the ongoing shutdown.

The AHA’s Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management has created a webpage featuring resources on tariffs impacting the health care supply chain, including an infographic on the current state of the supply chain and a recorded presentation on using risk intelligence and analytics platforms for global supply chain monitoring.

Growing a strong, robust and qualified health care workforce is in everyone’s interest — both now and for the future.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Oct. 15 released an emergency directive advising federal agencies to take stock of their F5 BIG-IP application products, as a nation-state-affiliated cyberthreat actor has compromised F5’s systems and has stolen files, including a portion of the company’s BIG-IP source code and vulnerability information.

There have been 1,596 confirmed cases of measles across the U.S.

An AHA blog published today shares how HCA Healthcare in Nashville, Tenn., has been leveraging artificial intelligence to reduce risk and improve health outcomes. 

Medicare open enrollment for 2026 began Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 7.

Members of the AHA Board of Trustees Oct.14 participated in a panel on the future of rural health care during the Sanford Health Rural Summit in Sioux Falls, S.D.

An article by AHA leaders published Oct. 15 in NEJM Catalyst discusses a framework that provides a guide for physicians, hospitals and health systems to create an intentional process for developing successful chief physicians.

In a video on the AHA’s Care Delivery Transformation Framework, hospital leaders from Rutgers Health/RWJ Barnabas Health and Yale New Haven Health System discuss strategies for using technology to enhance the patient and provider experience.

In this Leadership Dialogue, I welcome back Stacey Hughes, AHA executive vice president of government relations and public policy.

AHA leaders today participated in Sanford Health's fourth annual Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care in Sioux Fa