COVID-19 tele-tracking to transition from IDPH to HHS Feb. 19. The Iowa Department of Public Health will no longer report COVID-19 data to the Department of Health and Human Services on behalf of Iowa hospitals for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services compliance after Feb. 18.

U.S. House votes to fund government through March 11, goes to Senate. The U.S. House of Representatives coted 272-162 to pass a continuing resolution to fund federal programs through March 11.

LockBit 2.0 ransomware potential threat to hospitals. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Health and Human Services issued an alert to hospitals about a potential ransomware threat.

Thank you to our hospital advocates. IHA would like to thank our advocates for their work so far this legislative session.

Registration open for The Art of the Interview webinar. Hiring well-prepared and well-suited staff is one way to keep positions filled at hospitals and health systems.

Learn to develop and implement workplace violence programs. Hospitals and outpatient clinics will learn to develop, implement and evaluate effective and sustainable workplace violence programs during IHA’s 2022 Workplace Violence Workshop.

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