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The Wyoming Department of Health plans to submit a waiver application that would expand Medicaid coverage to all Wyoming residents for air ambulance transportation.

Organizations that provide palliative or end-of-life care may apply through Aug. 16 for the 2020 Circle of Life Awards.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule that will increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 3.1% in fiscal year 2020.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its long-term care hospital prospective payment system final rule for fiscal year 2020.

Hospitals can review their scores for the fiscal year 2020 Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program at the QualityNet secure portal.

Employment at the nation's hospitals fell by 0.04% in July to a seasonally adjusted 5,238,900 people.

In a commentary published in Academic Medicine, experts outline how academic medicine, medical education, public health agencies, hospital associations and health systems can help small community and critical access hospitals overcome resource and other challenges to implement successful antibiotic stewardship programs.

Thomas Jefferson once said: “We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.”  

One year after the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola, the outbreak continues in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, with 2,698 cases and 1,813 deaths to date.

Leaders urged Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to promptly appoint and convene an advisory committee to advise Congress and the departments of HHS and Transportation on protecting consumers from balance billing for air ambulance transports.

The AHA and Center to Advance Palliative Care today launched a Palliative Care Support Hub, which offers hospitals and health systems a framework for assessing, measuring and expanding palliative care services.

The Senate today voted 67-28 to pass and send to the president a two-year budget agreement (H.R.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system for fiscal year 2020.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule to update the payment rates for hospices by 2.6% for fiscal year 2020.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today released a plan outlining two pathways the administration intends to explore to safely import certain drugs originally intended for foreign markets.

Medicare fee-for-service providers can sign up to participate in a pilot program allow clinicians to access a patient’s Medicare claims data for treatment purposes without logging into a separate application.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday projected that the average basic premium for a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan will decline from $32.50 in 2019 to $30 in 2020.

The National Academy of Medicine's Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience today released case studies on initiatives that reduce clinician burnout and support clinician well-being at organizations across the country.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule updating payment rates for skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2020.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule to update the payment rates for inpatient psychiatric facilities for fiscal year 2020.