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Eligible individuals and entities, including health care providers, may apply until June 15 for a portion of $201 million in grants to support navigators in federally-facilitated and state partnership marketplaces over three years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced …
An Institute of Medicine committee today recommended a framework and strategies for building healthier post-disaster communities.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is enrolling volunteers in a Sierra Leone clinical trial that will assess the safety and efficacy of a candidate Ebola vaccine in about 6,000 health and other frontline workers. All study participants will receive the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine and be followed…
At its annual meeting in Phoenix, the American Organization of Nurse Executives tomorrow will present its 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award to Kathleen Bower, principal emeritus of The Center for Case Management in Wellesley, MA. Prior to transitioning to principal emeritus status, Bower spent…
Overall hospital prices increased 0.1% in March and were 0.4% higher than a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported yesterday. Prices for the subgroup of general medical and surgical hospitals increased 0.1%, and were 0.4% higher than in March 2014, according to the BLS Producer Price…
From a young age, pets play a major role in many of our lives. Studies show people have a special bond with their pets, often considering them a best friend or family member.But during end-of-life care, pets aren’t always top of mind, and terminally ill patients and their families may…
The Senate last night voted 92-8 to pass of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, H.R. 2, legislation to permanently replace the flawed Medicare physician sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.The bill now goes to the president’s desk for signature. The House passed the bill March…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services tomorrow will begin releasing held Medicare Physician Fee Schedule claims, paying them on a first-in, first-out basis at the reduced rate required under the Sustainable Growth Rate methodology. CMS said that each day it will release one day's worth…
Community groups can apply through June 16 for a portion of $1 million in grants for projects to support the flow of health information to a wide range of health care providers at the community level, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Karen DeSalvo, M.D., announced today.…
Hospital emergency departments have improved pediatric readiness based on self-reported compliance with national guidelines, according to new study published online by JAMA Pediatrics. Based on responses by more than 4,000 EDs to an online assessment conducted from January to August 2013 by…