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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Special Open Door Forum Wednesday to provide an overview of standardized data in relation to the quality measures and standardized assessment domains required under the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014.
Individuals and families in states using the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace who are subject to a fee for not having health coverage when they file their 2014 taxes can enroll in 2015 coverage during a special enrollment period March 15 to April 30, the Centers for Medicare…
The Federal Trade Commission and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice will host a public workshop Feb.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today updated its Nursing Home Compare website to reflect a revised star rating system.
The Food and Drug Administration today issued safety recommendations to prevent possible microbial infections from reprocessed reusable duodenoscopes – flexible, lighted tubes that are threaded through the mouth into the small intestine to drain fluids from blocked pancreatic and biliary…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final methodology for determining federal payment amounts to states that establish a Basic Health Program for 2016. According to a CMS factsheet, the final methodology is the same as for 2015, with updated values for several…
The departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture today released for public comment a federal advisory committee’s recommendations for updating the Dietary Guidelines for Americans in 2015.
The Connecticut Hospital Association, Connecticut State Medical Society, Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and Connecticut Department of Public Health recently endorsed a set of voluntary opioid prescribing guidelines for emergency department medical staff.
The AHA seeks hospital and health system trustees to serve on its Committee on Governance, Regional Policy Boards, and other governing councils and committees beginning in 2016. Interested trustees are invited to view the Call for Nominations and submit an application through Feb. 25.
At the recent AHA Health Forum Rural Healthcare Leadership Conference in Phoenix, AHA President Rich Umbdenstock and AHA staff briefed attendees on the latest rural health care legislative developments.