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In a 5-4 ruling today, the Supreme Court held that parties cannot challenge directly in federal court a state’s compliance with Section 30(a) of the Medicaid Act, which requires states to reimburse providers at rates sufficient to ensure beneficiaries enjoy the same access to health care…
Hospitals paid under the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system can apply through 11:59 p.m. ET April 1 for a hardship exception under the Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program. IPPS hospitals that did not attest to meaningful use of EHRs in fiscal year 2014 and do not…
Overall cancer incidence, or new cancer cases, decreased 0.5% per year between 2002 and 2011, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer. Mortality rates also continued to fall. For the first time, the report includes incidence rates for the four major molecular…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today awarded a $12 million contract to support advanced development of an experimental drug for Ebola. In non-human primate studies, the drug (BCX4430) was effective against the…
Every day, more than 750 elementary school students in Norwalk, Conn., arrive at school early for 45 minutes of jumping jacks, lunges, sprinting in the halls and other exercises and physical activity. It’s called “Breakfast Boot Camp,” and it’s followed by a healthy…
The National Healthcare Safety Network now offers reports that can help hospitals target their infection prevention efforts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today. The Targeted Assessment for Prevention reports allow authorized users to identify facilities within a group or…
Hospitals continue to appeal Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, according to the latest report from the AHA's quarterly RACTrac survey. Hospitals participating in the fourth quarter of 2014 survey report appealing 46% of all RAC claim denials, with a 69% overturn rate in the appeals process.
The American health care worker being treated for Ebola virus disease at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, has improved from serious to fair condition, NIH announced today. Admitted March 13, the patient tested positive for the disease while volunteering in an…
Two experimental Ebola vaccines appear to be safe, based on the first stage of a clinical trial in Liberia, the National Institutes of Health announced last week.
The Senate adjourned early this morning for a two-week recess without taking a vote on H.R. 2, legislation to permanently repeal the flawed Medicare physician sustainable growth rate formula. But Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says the chamber will take up the bill when it returns on April…