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The National Academy for State Health Policy today issued 11 proposals to help states rein in rising prescription drug costs.
A total of 168 organizations, including the AHA, last week urged House and Senate appropriators to maintain at least $334 million in budget authority for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in fiscal year 2017.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host an Oct. 26 webinar and Nov. 15 call on the final rule implementing key provisions of the new physician payment system required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. The 60-minute webinar, at 2 p.m. ET, will provide an…
The Department of Health and Human Services today awarded $294 million to primary care clinicians and students through the National Health Service Corps and NURSE Corps programs to reduce their educational debt in exchange for service in underserved communities. “The NHSC and NURSE Corps…
The number one childhood disease isn’t leukemia or allergies or even asthma. It’s dental disease, according to the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation.It is preventable, but, of course, only if the child sees a dentist. More kids are in Houston because of a partnership…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) final rule for Medicare’s new physician payment system offers both challenges and opportunities for hospitals and their employed or contracted physicians, the AHA said last week.
The AHA Friday asked a federal judge to require the Department of Health and Human Services to implement three “practicable solutions” to reduce the backlog of Medicare claims appeals at the administrative law judge level: offer reasonable settlements to hospitals and other Medicare…
The AHA strongly supports the innovations in care delivery and financing pioneered by the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly and generally supports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ efforts to update the program’s regulatory requirements, AHA said today. The…
The quality of outpatient care for U.S. adults improved in the areas of recommended medical treatment, counseling and cancer screening between 2002 and 2013, according to a study published online today by JAMA Internal Medicine. The authors used 46 indicators from the Medical Expenditure Panel…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule with comment period implementing key provisions of the new physician payment system required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.