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Nearly four in 10 people – 39% – know someone who has been addicted to prescription painkillers, including 25% who say it was a close friend or family member and 2% who acknowledge their own addiction, according to a new poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
A quarter of privately insured working-age adults say their health care is unaffordable, according to the latest Commonwealth Fund Health Care Affordability Index released Nov. 20. The report, "How High Is America’s Health Care Cost Burden?" is based on an annual Commonwealth Fund…
A new white paper from the AHA Workforce Center provides resources to help hospitals transform their workforce along the care continuum. Building on previous Workforce Center resources, the paper examines workforce-specific roles, responsibilities and technologies for hospitals to consider as…
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted this weekend to approve model state-level legislation to ensure health insurance provider network adequacy. They did so after a lengthy 18-month process that included extensive engagement with health plans, providers, consumer advocates and…
Eligible professionals and group practices participating in the Physician Quality Reporting System who believe they were incorrectly assessed a negative payment adjustment for 2016 may ask the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to review their adjustment determination through Dec. 11 by…
U.S.-based Pfizer Inc. and Ireland-based Allergan PLC today announced plans to merge, a move that would create the world’s largest drug manufacturer by sales volume. Under the so-called “inversion” deal, reportedly worth more than $150 billion, the new company, Pfizer PLC,…
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt called for “increased transparency” of the information available about drug pricing and value during a Nov. 20 stakeholders meeting hosted by the Department of Health and Human Services on…
The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, an AHA personal membership group, recently announced its 2016 board of directors. The new board will begin its tenure by developing the society’s 2016-2018 strategic plan. For more information and a list of 2016 board members…
The Illinois Hospital Association on Friday named A.J. Wilhelmi its next president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. Wilhelmi joined IHA in 2012 as its chief government relations officer. Prior to that, he was an Illinois state senator for seven years, serving as chair of the Senate Judiciary…
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…