Susan Morse

As the American Hospital Association seeks at least $25 billion for hospitals to help combat workforce shortages and labor costs exacerbated by what the AHA called “exorbitant” rates on the part of some staffing agencies, the Department of Health and H…

The No Surprises Act has providers scrambling to understand the implications of a law that went into effect earlier this month.
Under the law, patients treated by an out-of-network physician can only be billed at the in-network rate. It protects patien…

Following recent guidance from the Biden Administration, health insurers in the commercial market are covering the costs of over-the-counter COVID-19 tests. 

The American Hospital Association wants Congressional action to distribute the remaining provider relief funds and to take other measures to help alleviate the financial strain caused by COVID-19. 

Forty-five organizations are getting the American Rescue Plan funds over three years.

Omicron will likely peak in most states by mid-February, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the president. 

The Department of Health and Human Services has renewed the public health emergency for the eighth time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Friday, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra issued the renewal for another 90 days.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has set a deadline of March 15 for healthcare workers to get vaccinated.

The Supreme Court was split in two rulings handed up Thursday over federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
The Justices ruled against the Biden Administration’s mandate that employees of large companies either get vaccinated or get tested weekly. They uphel…

Reaction is mixed to the proposal by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to limit Medicare beneficiaries’ access to monoclonal antibody treatments that target amyloid for the treatment of Alzheimer’s, to those enrolled in qualifying clinical…