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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has withdrawn its request for quotes for the next round of recovery audit contractor contracts, the agency announced July 10. The agency plans to update its Statement of Work for the RAC program and release requests for proposals soon. In the…
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents a framework for bringing evidence-based psychosocial interventions into clinical practice to improve outcomes for people with mental health and substance use disorders.
The Health Resources and Services Administration today awarded $94 million in grants through 11 workforce development programs for nursing, dentistry, primary care, psychology and other health professions. “We want to prepare health care workers to provide care that is effective and…
All Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies will begin offering identity protection services to their health plan members by Jan. 1, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association announced today. Identity protection companies will administer the credit monitoring, fraud detection and fraud resolution…
Five hospital-led partnerships to improve community health will receive 2015 AHA NOVA Awards July 25 at the Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit in San Francisco. The winning programs are: the Mayor’s Healthy City Initiative in Baton Rouge, LA; the Bithlo Transformation Project in Orlando, FL;…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released a proposed rule overhauling the quality and safety requirements that long-term care facilities must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The last major revisions to the requirements were in 1991.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced updated inspection procedures related to worker exposures to tuberculosis in health care settings.
The share of U.S. infants born before 37 weeks of pregnancy fell by one-tenth of a percentage point in 2013, to 11.4%, the seventh annual decline, according to the latest annual report by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. The report summarizes national indicators of…
The Department of Health and Human Services recently recognized more than 730 hospitals and transplant centers for their outstanding voluntary efforts to promote organ donation in the fourth year of the Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Organ Donation Campaign. Hospitals were awarded…
The Department of Health and Human Services today launched an online course to help clinicians prevent falls in older patients, and plans to release a curriculum next year to help health care workers and family members care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.