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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday awarded $2.4 million in funding to Chicago, Houston, New York City, Philadelphia and Los Angeles County to enhance their information gathering to rapidly detect microcephaly and other birth defects caused by Zika virus.
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.21% in August to a seasonally adjusted 5,102,100 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. That's 10,700 more people than in July and 166,800 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of…
The AHA earlier this week expressed its support for legislation that would make permanent a Medicare demonstration program that provides primary care to patients at home.The 2010 Affordable Care Act created the three-year Independence at Home demonstration program, which Congress last year extended…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced an error in calculating Clostridium difficile infection performance during the first two quarters of 2014.
This error affects hospital performance in the fiscal year 2017 Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction Program, baseline…
The Department of Health and Human Services today announced that it will distribute $53 million in funding to 44 states, four tribes and the District of Columbia to be used in the battle against opioid addiction.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late this afternoon issued a proposed rule on the notice of benefit and payment parameters standards for health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces. The proposed rule sets forth payment parameters and provisions related to…
A coalition of organizations, including the AHA, is urging Senate action on mental health reform legislation when Congress returns next month from its summer recess.As part of that effort, AHA today wrote to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev…
The Food and Drug Administration today recommended universal testing of donated whole blood and blood components for Zika virus in the U.S. and its territories. “As new scientific and epidemiological information regarding Zika virus has become available, it’s clear that additional…
Implementing the site-neutral provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act on Jan. 1 would raise significant compliance risks under the Stark law and the Anti-kickback statute, AHA told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today, citing a legal analysis of the agency’s proposal by…
The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals’ proposal to reduce the appeals backlog at the Administrative Law Judge level is likely “to do little more than scratch the surface of the problem,” AHA told the agency today, noting that the average time to process appeals has climbed…