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The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia yesterday issued its full opinion blocking Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna, which would have reduced the number of major national health insurers from five to four. As noted in the Feb. 8 order blocking the deal, U.S.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has launched a clinical trial to test an investigational vaccine designed to protect against a range of mosquito-transmitted diseases – such as Zika, malaria and West Nile and dengue fevers – by triggering an immune response…
The AHA’s 2016 Committee on Performance Improvement today issued a report to help hospital and health system leaders align the skills and abilities of their organization’s current workforce with anticipated needs as health care continues to change.
The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Risk Management has named as its new executive director Matthew Hornberger, who previously served as associate executive director. He succeeds Kimberly Hoarle. Hornberger, a certified association executive, serves on the Board of Directors for the…
Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly today issued two memoranda regarding border security and immigration policy enforcement. The guidelines outlined in the memoranda largely impact DHS enforcement actions against undocumented immigrants already within the United States and…
The Trump administration today joined House Republicans in asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to continue to suspend proceedings in House v. Price (formerly House v. Burwell) “to allow time for a resolution that would obviate the need for judicial…
Most governors are planning upcoming budgets that assume federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program will continue, according to a survey released today by the National Academy for State Health Policy. Thirty-three of the 40 states responding to the December survey said their…
Hospital emergency departments receive an annual average of 15.5 million visits for illness and 5.2 million visits for injury by adults aged 65 and older, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on the ED component of the 2012-2013 National Hospital…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released an updated timeline for qualified health plan certification in the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplaces for calendar year 2017, and proposed revisions to the rate review timeline for single risk pool coverage. The…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today awarded 11 organizations about $20 million each to help individual and small group practices implement the clinician Quality Payment Program. The organizations will help eligible practices of 15 or fewer clinicians choose and report on…