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There was no significant change in coverage rates for employer-sponsored health insurance for large, medium or small firms in 2014, according to a new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Premiums for employer-sponsored insurance rose an average 4.7% for single coverage and 3…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a series of one-hour webinars in September on plans to publicly report certain 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System measures on the Physician Compare website and the 30-day preview period. The Sept. 22, 23 and 24 sessions will present…
Overall hospital prices increased 0.2% in July and were 0.9% higher than a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Prices for the subgroup of general medical and surgical hospitals increased 0.2%, and were 0.7% higher than in July 2014, according to the BLS Producer Price Indices,…
Only one in four hospitals could electronically find, send, receive and use patient care information from sources outside their health system in 2014, according to survey results released today by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
About 944,000 Americans used a special enrollment period to select a 2015 health plan at HealthCare.gov between Feb. 23 and June 30, according to a report released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Prescription drug prices were 4.8% higher in June than a year ago, by far the highest growth rate for any health care category, according to the latest Economic Indicators from Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending.
The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum and the Association of American Medical Colleges will host a webinar Sept. 1 on ways physicians and hospitals can use continuing medical education and professional development to strengthen collaboration and help transform the health care delivery system.
AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize winners are recognized for making impressive strides toward the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) six quality aims of safe, effective, efficient, timely, patient-centered and equitable health care.But achieving more equitable care can be a challenge even for…
As urged by the AHA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Aug. 12 extended through Dec. 31 the partial enforcement delay of the two-midnight policy. The current delay was set to expire Sept. 30. Under the extension, Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) are prohibited from…
As urged by the AHA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today extended through Dec. 31 the partial enforcement delay of the two-midnight policy. The current delay was set to expire Sept. 30. Under the extension, Recovery Audit Contractors are prohibited from conducting post-payment…