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The Department of Health and Human Services Jan. 3 announced it is awarding approximately $306 million to support the federal government’s H5N1 bird flu response.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Jan. 6 announced the 15 participants for its state Transforming Maternal Health Model: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Washington, D.C., Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, West Virginia…
The Food and Drug Administration Dec. 31 released an alert highlighting a Baxter letter that recommended health care providers not use certain lots of Solution Sets with Duo-Vent Spikes due to a potentially high-risk issue.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 20 announced a record 16.6 million individuals have signed up for federal Health Insurance Marketplace coverage that begins Jan. 1.
The official platform for Settlement Class Members in the Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust litigation is now available to providers and facilities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 20 solicited an additional 10 participants for its Rural Community Hospital Demonstration program.
After incurring damage from Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27, Baxter reports that as of Dec. 19, nearly all of its manufacturing lines in its North Cove, N.C., facility have been restarted.
The FBI Dec. 16 released an alert warning of malicious activity by cyber actors using Hiatus Remote Access Trojan malware to attack Chinese-branded web cameras and digital video recorders.
The U.S. spent $4.9 trillion on health care in 2023 — a 7.5% increase from 2022 — the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported Dec. 18 in Health Affairs.
Life expectancy in the U.S. grew an average of 10.8 months in 2023, to 75.8 years for men and 81.1 years for women, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The overall death rate declined by 6%.