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States, cities and territories will receive $60 million in grants Aug. 1 to protect pregnant women and others from Zika virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today. The funding will support epidemiologic surveillance and investigation, mosquito control and monitoring…
About 86% of hospitals expect to submit electronic clinical quality measures by Feb. 28, 2017, according to survey results released yesterday by The Joint Commission. That’s the deadline for hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program to submit four eCQMs for…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has selected 516 organizations, including hospitals, to participate in the Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model beginning in September. The randomized controlled trial will test whether paying practices to identify and…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) today filed lawsuits in District of Columbia federal court to block Anthem’s acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s acquisition of Humana.
When 2016 McKesson Quest for Quality Prize recipient Memorial Medical Center teamed up with St. John’s Hospital and the Sangamon County Department of Public Health to conduct a comprehensive community health needs assessment two years ago, both hospitals saw an opportunity to make a…
Health insurers incurred an average underwriting loss of 4.2% in the individual market in 2014, the first year they participated in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, according to a study released today by the Commonwealth Fund. Medical claims averaged 5.7% higher than projected, but were…
The Health Resources and Services Administration today awarded $149 million in fiscal year 2016 grants to grow the primary care workforce, including advanced practice nurses and behavioral health professionals.
The number of private-sector workers with employer-sponsored health insurance increased by about 1.5 million in 2015 as overall employment increased, according to a new report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. An estimated 47.8% of workers were enrolled in a health plan…
Decrying the violence that has taken a bloodier turn in recent weeks across America, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack earlier this week told health care leaders that hospitals have an important role to play in reducing violence in the communities they serve.
The Department of Justice is “poised to file lawsuits to block” Anthem’s acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s acquisition of Humana, according to a Bloomberg news report. A decision on whether to block the deals, which would reduce the five largest health insurers to three,…