HRSA announced nearly $75 million to support health care services in rural America. Funding will launch new opioid treatment and recovery services in rural communities, strengthen maternal health care in the South, and help rural hospitals stay open.
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ATA Action, the American Telemedicine Association’s affiliated trade association focused on advocacy, announced the creation of the bipartisan ATA Action Political Action Committee to influence legislation that supports innovation and removes barriers to digital health, ensuring everyone can benefit from modern healthcare solutions.
The emergence of medical innovations, new technologies and cutting-edge procedures spurred most of the annual changes presented in the release of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2025, the nation’s uniform data-sharing code set for medical procedures and services published by the AMA.
The AHRQ announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity to establish state-based Healthcare Extension Cooperatives, representing a historic investment to accelerate the implementation and dissemination of patient-centered outcomes research into health care delivery through improvements in…
The AMA recently published its new annual analysis of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) markets confirming low competition among these middlemen in the pharmaceutical supply chain and high vertical integration of PBMs with health insurance companies.
The realities of our health care system are driving many health workers to burnout. They are at an increased risk for mental health challenges and choosing to leave the health workforce early. They work in distressing environments that strain their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. This will make it harder for patients to get care when they need it.
HHS launched a new national campaign to inform the public about common respiratory viruses and available vaccines. The campaign, Risk Less. Do More., aims to increase awareness of vaccines that reduce serious illness from influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus in high-risk populations and to limit the spread of these viruses among all Americans.
The AMA announced an editorial update to Current Procedural Terminology, the leading medical terminology code set for describing health care procedures and services, that includes a newly assigned provisional CPT code for vaccines to protect patients against the H5N8 strain of avian influenza (bird flu).
The AMA gathered physician and medical student leaders from all corners of medicine at its Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates last month to shape guiding policies on emerging health care topics. Take a look at some of the policies adopted at the meeting.