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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will discuss ICD-10 implementation issues and testing opportunities during a National Provider Call Feb. 26 at 1:30 p.m. ET. For details on the call or to register, click here. Health care providers must include ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure codes…
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to offer potential payment solutions for hospital stays of less than two-midnights in its proposed rule for the fiscal year 2016 inpatient prospective payment system. Meanwhile, AHA asked the agency to extend the partial…
Democratic members of the Senate Finance and House Energy and Commerce committees yesterday introduced separate bills to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program through 2019.
The Food and Drug Administration today released for public comment four draft guidance documents on drug compounding and repackaging for outsourcing facilities, state-licensed pharmacies and federal facilities. Two documents describe the FDA’s current thinking regarding whether an entity…
The health sector added 127,000 jobs in the three months ending in January, the largest quarterly increase in at least 25 years, according to the latest economic indicators from Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending. January job growth was particularly strong in hospitals…
Connecticut hospitals contributed $21.9 billion to the state and local economies in 2013, according to a report released this week by the Connecticut Hospital Association. Hospitals in the state provide 55,000 jobs, each of which produces another job outside the hospital. In addition to…
Feb. 28 is the last day physicians and other eligible professionals can attest to meaningful use of electronic health records for calendar year 2014 under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. The attestation system is open and includes the 2014 certified EHR technology flexibility rule options.
U.S. hospitals increased their productivity in treating Medicare patients for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia between 2002 and 2011, according to a new study published online by Health Affairs. After adjusting for trends in the severity of patients’ conditions and health…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a ruling stating the agency’s policy for applying United States v. Windsor, a 2013 Supreme Court decision that struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, to certain Medicare provisions. According to the notice,…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced a new Oncology Care Model for physician practices aimed at providing better and more coordinated care at lower cost. The five-year model will begin in spring 2016 and provide episode- and performance-based payment.