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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday finalized a package of recommendations for Congress aimed at reducing the rapid growth in Part B drug spending. The proposals would require all Part B drug manufacturers to submit Average Sales Price data; reduce Wholesale Acquisition Cost-based…
Supporting and disseminating research on effective practices to prevent workplace violence in the health care and social assistance sectors would do more to advance and promote workplace safety than adopting and requiring compliance with a one-size-fits-all standard, the AHA told the Occupational…
Children living in areas with large differences in income have higher hospitalization rates for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, according to a study published online this week by JAMA Pediatrics. These are conditions for which timely and effective outpatient care might avoid hospitalization,…
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.17% in March to a seasonally adjusted 5,095,800 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That's 8,700 more people than in February and 112,100 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of fluctuations…
The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum this week presented 2016 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards for individual achievement and for innovation at the national and local levels.
Darius Irvin grew up in violent neighborhoods in Oakland and San Francisco. Nearly three years ago, he was rushed to the San Francisco General Hospital’s emergency department with nine gunshot wounds.
The House Committee on Rules today approved an amendment to the American Health Care Act to create a risk-sharing program to reimburse health insurers offering plans in the individual market for high-cost enrollees. The amendment, sponsored by Reps.
Sens. Grassley and Schumer joined Reps. Reed and Welch to introduce the Rural Hospital Access Act, AHA-supported legislation that would make permanent both the Medicare-dependent Hospital program and the enhanced low-volume Medicare adjustment for small rural prospective payment system hospitals.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today approved a recommendation for Congress to implement a common prospective payment system for post-acute care providers by 2021, which would accelerate the current timeline by more than four years. The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation…
The AHA yesterday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to take additional steps before using Worksheet S-10 data to determine a hospital’s uncompensated care, given the impact this calculation has on the distribution of Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments.…