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Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) today introduced a House companion to the Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611). The AHA-supported legislation would adopt a default standard of general supervision for outpatient therapeutic services to protect access to health care…
Health care providers can apply through April 17 to participate in the third ICD-10 testing sample with Medicare Administrative Contractors and the Common Electronic Data Interchange contractor.
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell today announced an initiative to reduce prescription opioid and heroin-related deaths and dependence. The effort will focus on providing training and educational resources for health professionals, including updated prescriber guidelines;…
The American health care worker being treated for Ebola virus disease at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, has improved from critical to serious condition, NIH announced today. Admitted March 13, the patient tested positive for the disease while volunteering in…
The Senate adjourned early this morning for a two-week recess after concluding work on its fiscal year 2016 budget resolution, without voting on H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. H.R. 2 would replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. Senate…
National Hospital Week (NHW) is May 10-16. Many hospitals and health systems commemorate the week by celebrating the employees, volunteers and others who contribute to their collective work. For those planning events or other activities, NHW-branded gifts, giveaways and awards are still available…
At a White House event with President Obama, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell today kicked off the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, a forum for public-private partnerships to advance health care payment models that promote quality and value.
Nine national hospital organizations, including the AHA, today expressed support for bipartisan legislation to permanently replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate formula. “H.R. 2 will move physicians toward payment based on value rather than volume, a change that has been led…
Premature deaths declined in 60% of the nation’s counties between 2004-2006 and 2010-2012, according to county health rankings released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The rankings define premature deaths as those…
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Tuesday will host the third in a series of Open Door Forums on its Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model, which will allow participants to assume higher levels of financial risk and reward than the Pioneer Model and Medicare Shared…