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Public and private payers can apply through June 1 to participate in a new medical home model that will build on the Comprehensive Primary Care model to help practices support patients with serious or chronic diseases, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award the Puerto Rico Department of Health $3.7 million in emergency funding from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to combat the Zika virus outbreak, the agency announced today. Noting that confirmed cases in the territory are…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated the specifications for the electronic clinical quality measures that eligible hospitals and professionals will electronically report to CMS quality reporting programs in calendar year 2017, including the Physician Quality Reporting…
U.S. life expectancy increased 2.3 years for men and 2.9 years for women in the top 5% of income distribution between 2001 and 2014, but only 0.3 years for men and 0.04 years for women in the bottom 5% of income, according to a study published online today by the Journal of the American…
The National Minority Quality Forum today presented its Booker T. Washington Award to Ramanathan (Ram) Raju, M.D., president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, for his efforts to advance diversity in the field, reduce health care disparities and provide equitable care to all patients. Raju accepted…
The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) today presented its Booker T. Washington Award to Ramanathan (Ram) Raju, M.D., president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, for his efforts to advance diversity in the field, reduce health care disparities and provide equitable care to all patients.Raju…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule extending to Oct. 1 the deadline for states to submit plans to monitor access to care for Medicaid beneficiaries. The original deadline was July 1. The rule also changes the deadline to Oct. 1 for subsequent review…
Veterans made 21.3 million appointments through the Patient-Centered Community Care program in fiscal year 2015, about 20% more than in FY 2014, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced today. Another 3 million veterans were authorized to receive private sector care through the Veterans…
The proportion of U.S. adults without health insurance has declined about 6.1 percentage points since fourth-quarter 2013, to 11%, according to a Gallup analysis of the Gallup-Healthways Well-being Index survey for first-quarter 2016. Hispanic and African-American adults, young adults and…
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education is accepting proposals to participate in an initiative launched with AHA and others to transform clinical training for residents and physicians who pursue formal specialty and subspecialty training at ACGME-accredited institutions.