Posted on 1/8/2021 This week, the CDC allocated $22 billion in funding to states, localities and territories for COVID-19 testing and vaccination activities authorized in December by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act.
Posted on 11/6/2020
Posted on 7/31/2020 At his daily COVID-19 press conference this Thursday, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that, as of August 1, the state will move into phase four in the resumption of "elective," or non-emergent procedures.
Posted on 7/31/2020 The Arkansas Hospital Association has received notice from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) that we have been allocated a second round of funding ...
Posted on 7/20/2020 A statewide directive will require face coverings across Arkansas in settings where people are exposed to non-household members and where physical distancing cannot be assured.
Posted on 7/17/2020 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that it will distribute a second round of funding from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to hospitals that have been highly impacted by COVID-19.
Posted on 7/17/2020 A federal appeals court ruled the federal government has the authority to cut Medicare payments to off-campus clinics to bring them in line with independent physician practices, reversing a lower court’s decision.
Posted on 7/16/2020 AHA partners with Gallagher Surveys for our Annual Compensation and Benefits Survey, an included member benefit. To help plan salaries for the coming year, Gallagher is sending salary survey contacts an invitation to participate ...
Posted on 7/15/2020 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Monday that it is making significant changes to the process for hospitals to fulfill the agency’s request for daily data reporting on ...
Posted on 7/14/2020 Fourteen medics with the Arkansas National Guard have been ordered by Governor Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday to support the staff at an isolation facility for positive coronavirus patients who cannot quarantine "due to family considerations."
Posted on 7/14/2020
Posted on 7/14/2020 The IRS is expanding the July 15 extension of time for tax-exempt hospitals to meet their community health needs assessment (CHNA) obligations.
Posted on 7/13/2020 The AHA is humbled and grateful for the innovative, proactive, and tireless work that our members have done in the past five months. The COVID-19 pandemic presents a whole host of challenges, and it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
Posted on 7/13/2020 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced significant changes to the process for hospitals to fulfill the agency’s request for daily data reporting on bed capacity, utilization, personal protect
Posted on 7/9/2020 The World Health Organization is acknowledging the possibility that COVID-19 might be spread in the air under certain conditions — after more than 200 scientists urged the agency to do so.
Posted on 6/12/2020 The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities is accepting applications through Dec. 15 for funding to expand and improve digital health interventions to identify, treat and provide services...
Posted on 6/11/2020 This week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced additional distributions from the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund...
Posted on 6/11/2020 This Monday, June 15 is the final day to submit requests for payment under the Hospital Direct and Non-Direct Care Worker Program...
Posted on 6/9/2020 During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers are dealing with increased stress. A supportive environment in which health care workers can discuss their experiences is essential to keeping the hospital workforce psychologically healthy...
Posted on 5/25/2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has required everyone to adapt and overcome; blood donation is down everywhere, and those who conduct blood drives are seeking help from the health care field.