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The AHA Oct. 3 responded to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s recent analysis on the financial impacts of Medicare Advantage enrollment growth on hospitals, which found that increased enrollment is not statistically associated, on average, with all-payer hospital margins.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will update its immunization schedules for the COVID-19 and chickenpox vaccines to adopt recent recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

The AHA Oct. 6 released a Cybersecurity Advisory (https://www.aha.org/advisory/2025-10-06-hospitals-are-oracle-customers-urged-take-immediate-action-address-security-vulnerability) urging immediate action against a critical Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability that is remotely exploitable without authentication.

The AHA has launched an enhanced Cybersecurity and Risk webpage designed to help health care organizations strengthen their defenses against emerging cyber and physical security threats.

Lindsey Fauveau, M.D., medical director of breast surgical oncology at Woman’s Hospital, shares how the hospital’s state-of-the-art mobile unit brings 3D mammograms directly to communities across Louisiana.

A Health-ISAC (Information Sharing and Analysis Center) bulletin released Oct. 1 warns of a recently released LockBit 5.0 ransomware variant that poses a threat to health care and other sectors.

AHA Trustee Services will host a webinar Nov. 5 from 3-4:30 p.m. ET on the role of board leaders in creating productive and engaging board meetings and fostering board development.

The federal government shutdown will continue as the Senate Oct. 3 failed to adopt a government funding deal. The latest attempt to pass the House-passed continuing resolution failed by a 54-44 vote, while another attempt on a short-term funding bill led by Senate Democrats failed by a 46-52 vote.

“Trust but verify” is a phrase often associated with President Reagan and the need to ensure that treaties enacted with the Soviet Union were being upheld.

A JAMA study published yesterday analyzed the health characteristics of individuals projected to lose Medicaid coverage due to work requirements included in the budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1).

The Department of Health and Human Services announced Sept. 30 that it is doubling its funding for childhood cancer research from $50 million to $100 million to accelerate the development of diagnostics, treatments and prevention measures that include the use of artificial intelligence.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 30 issued a memo, through the Health Plan Management system, finalizing the Medicare Advantage Utilization Management Annual Data Submission requirements for MA organizations.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 30 released guidance to states clarifying its interpretation of a provision that authorizes federal financing to pay for emergency Medicaid services for undocumented patients ineligible for full Medicaid benefits.

An article in the current edition of AHA Trustee Insights highlights six areas of importance when building a strong relationship between an organization's board and CEO.

Fernando Martinez, Ph.D., chief digital officer at the Texas Hospital Association, shares how Texas and the THA are building regional resilience through cyber command structures, statewide coordination and tabletop exercises.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island Sept.

AHA’s latest social media toolkit for spreading awareness of the flu focuses on the availability of the flu vaccine for at-risk, vulnerable populations as flu season approaches this fall.

An analysis published Sept. 30 by KFF found that Health Insurance Marketplace enrollees who currently benefit from the enhanced premium tax credits would pay more than double their current premium payments if the EPTCs expire at the end of this year.

The federal government shut down Oct. 1 following a failed Senate vote on the House-passed continuing resolution to fund the government by midnight Sept. 30.

The Food and Drug Administration today issued a request for