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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday began mailing notices to certain hospitals participating in the Inpatient Quality Reporting program that may be subject to a reduction in their annual payment update for fiscal year 2016. The affected hospitals did not meet selected…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and State Department are helping to privately transport to the U.S. additional Americans who may have been exposed to Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, CDC said in an update Saturday. Four individuals will be placed in quarantine at the University of…
Seeking to preempt legislation, the Federal Trade Commission Friday announced it will not automatically resort to administrative litigation when its efforts to block a merger in federal court are unsuccessful, returning to an approach first adopted in 1995.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday temporarily withdrew guidance for state survey agencies regarding the use of blood glucose strip meters in hospitals and other health care settings, issuing revised draft guidance on the issue for public comment only.
About 16.4 million uninsured adults have gained health coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces and provision allowing young adults to remain on a parents plan until age 26, according to an analysis released today by the Department of Health and Human…
Hospital prices fell 0.1% in January compared to a year ago, the first such decline in at least 23 years, according to the latest economic indicators from Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending. The Health Care Price Index was 1.2% higher than a year ago, approaching the…
The Government Accountability Office Friday released data from its survey on sources of funds used by states to finance the nonfederal share of their Medicaid programs, including provider taxes and intergovernmental transfers. The survey was completed by all 50 states and the District of…
The Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care has extended its TV buy for another week, as Congress continues to negotiate a physician payment fix.
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation tomorrow will host the first in a series of Open Door Forums on its Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model. The model, announced last week, is intended for ACOs that are experienced in coordinating care for populations of patients…