Inpatient and outpatient prospective payment system hospitals, inpatient psychiatric facilities and PPS-exempt cancer hospitals have until Aug. 30 to preview their data for the October update to Care Compare. For hospitals participating in the inpatient quality reporting program, the October 2022 Care Compare refresh will include for the first time data on the health care personnel COVID-19 vaccination measure. The posted data will reflect hospital performance from Oct-Dec 2021. 

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A study published Aug. 5 by Nature found that COVID-19 infection can reactivate dormant, chronic viruses such as Epstein-Barr and cytomegalovirus. The study…
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The Food and Drug Administration Aug. 5 approved the first mRNA-based flu vaccine, called mFlusiva. The vaccine is manufactured by Moderna and was approved for…
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Two individuals have died in Michigan in connection to the current multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 29 issued a final rule for the inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system for fiscal…
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There have been 2,318 confirmed measles cases in the U.S. so far this year, the most in the country since 1991, according to the latest data from the…
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The AHA’s Living Learning Network, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, July 22 released “Rural Sepsis Care in Action: Real-…