With disruptions in clinical care caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and viral hepatitis across the U.S., the AMA launched a new online toolkit to help physicians and other health care professionals increase routine screenings for HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis and latent tuberculosis.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, announced $36.9 million in notices of funding opportunities for grant programs supporting behavioral health services across the country.
Healthcare Ready concluded a year-long initiative to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and other disaster-related trauma on the healthcare workforce and highlights significant losses and burnout among healthcare workers, especially those who serve rural, low-income, or racially and ethnically diverse populations.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received a transformational gift from Ruth Gottesman, EdD., Chair of the Einstein Board of Trustees and Montefiore Health System board member. The $1B gift is the largest made to any medical school in the country.
CMS has updated the QPP website to include 2024 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) webpages and resources.
The HHS announced that, together with CMS, it will launch a series of actions to educate the public about their rights to emergency medical care and to help support efforts of hospitals to meet their obligations under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
CMS announced $50 million in grants for states to connect millions more children to critical health care services, particularly for mental health, at school. Made possible by the historic investments of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the grants will provide 20 states up to $2.5 million each in funding that can help…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is announcing a new model to test approaches for addressing the behavioral and physical health, as well as health-related social needs, of people with Medicaid and Medicare.
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) launched the Platform Accelerating Rural Access to Distributed & InteGrated Medical care (PARADIGM) program. To tackle President Biden’s Unity Agenda priorities by driving breakthroughs to improve health outcomes for all Americans, including for diseases like…
U.S. health care spending grew 4.1% to reach $4.5 trillion in 2022, faster than the increase of 3.2% in 2021, but much slower than the rate of 10.6% in 2020. The growth in 2022 reflected strong growth in Medicaid and private health insurance spending that was somewhat offset by continued declines in supplemental funding by the federal government associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Physicians are enthusiastic about augmented intelligence (AI)—often called artificial intelligence—and its assistive role in health care that enhances human intelligence rather than replaces it, according to a new physician survey by the American Medical Association.
The HHS, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, announced notices of funding opportunities this week for grant programs that address behavioral health challenges in local communities by preventing substance use initiation, reducing the progression of substance use, and addressing other related concerns.
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