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The House Committee on Education and the Workforce today voted 21-15 to approve legislation that would roll back the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer decision. Under the August decision, two separate entities are considered “joint employers” of the same employees if they have any…
Hospitals and inpatient rehabilitation facilities participating in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services quality reporting programs for inpatient, IRF or prospective payment system-exempt cancer hospitals must report second-quarter 2015 data for certain infection measures to the National…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Drug Enforcement Administration are investigating recent increases in overdose fatalities related to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, according to a CDC advisory this week. Most of the more than 700…
The House yesterday voted 266-167 to pass legislation to raise the nation’s debt limit and set spending targets for the federal budget for the next two fiscal years. Site-neutral payments for new provider-based hospital outpatient departments are included in the legislation.Senate…
Congressional leaders and the White House have struck a deal to raise the nation’s debt limit and have agreed to spending targets for the federal budget for the next two fiscal years. The draft bill released late last night would extend the debt ceiling to March 2017 and raise the…
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s proposed omnibus guidance for the 340B Drug Pricing Program would jeopardize hospitals’ ability to serve vulnerable populations, including low-income and uninsured individuals and patients receiving cancer treatments, AHA told the…
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators yesterday urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate possible illegal collusion by saline solution manufacturers. “Since the saline shortage began in late 2013, suppliers are reported to have increased their prices by 200%-300%,” Sens.
The average rate increase for benchmark plans in the 2016 Health Insurance Marketplace is 7.5%, according to a new analysis by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The average 2016 premium increase for benchmark plans in the 30 largest markets, representing more than 60% of total…
The age-standardized death rate for all causes combined fell 43% between 1969 and 2013, according to a study reported in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association. Among leading causes of death, age-standardized rates fell by 77% for stroke, 68% for heart disease, 40% for…
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) proposed omnibus guidance for the 340B Drug Pricing Program would jeopardize hospitals’ ability to serve vulnerable populations, including low-income and uninsured individuals and patients receiving cancer treatments, AHA told…