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Aetna today announced agreements to divest certain Medicare Advantage plans by selling some portions of plans representing about 290,000 enrollees in 21 states to Molina Healthcare Inc., to satisfy Department of Justice concerns about competitive concentration. Molina currently has 4.3 million…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should better align Medicare uncompensated care payments with hospitals’ actual uncompensated care costs, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released yesterday. In the report, CMS agreed with the recommendation, noting…
The Federal Communication Commission’s Connect2Health Task Force today released a web-based mapping tool that allows users to overlay broadband and health data (such as obesity, diabetes and physician access) at the national, state and county levels to identify priority areas for…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released an updated interim plan for responding to locally acquired cases of Zika virus infection in the continental U.S. and Hawaii.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued guidance further clarifying the steps for determining whether a laboratory qualifies as an “applicable laboratory” under a final rule implementing changes to the Medicare clinical laboratory fee schedule, which…
Eligible practices in 14 regions may apply through Sept. 15 to participate in the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus model, a five-year medical home model beginning in January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today. The multi-payer model, announced in April, will build…
The AHA’s Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management today presented its 2016 George R. Gossett Leadership Award to Christopher O’Connor, executive vice president of GNYHA Ventures Inc., president of GNYHA Services Inc. and president of Nexera Inc.
Florida health officials today said it is “likely” that four individuals in Miami-Dade and Broward counties in South Florida have been infected with Zika virus locally by mosquitos. These cases are believed to be the first of local transmission via mosquito in the continental U.S.…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued final rules for inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities and hospice providers for fiscal year 2017. For IRFs, CMS implements a net payment increase of 1.9%, or $145 million, compared to FY 2016.
The average monthly premium for a basic Medicare Part D prescription drug plan in 2017 will remain relatively stable at an estimated $34 per month – or approximately $1.50 higher than the average premium in 2016 – the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today.…