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The rule would decrease aggregate Medicare spending by $320 million compared with FY 2022. 
Responding to the Lown Institute’s latest report on hospital community benefits, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack notes that financial assistance is only one part of a hospital’s total community benefit.
CDC today reported a 15% increase in syphilis among newborns in 2020, as well as a 7% increase in syphilis and 10% increase in gonorrhea in other Americans.
Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, last week introduced a Senate companion to the Rural Hospital Support Act.
As part of a White House initiative to reduce medical debt for consumers, HHS will ask more than 2,000 health care providers for data on their medical bill collection practices.
The agency last week extended the J&J vaccine's shelf life and authorized two COVID-19 tests.
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The final rule also codifies guidance on applying the changes beginning in contract year 2023.
MACPAC calls on CMS to increase transparency and oversight of directed payments in Medicaid managed care.
Medicare will only cover FDA-approved monoclonal antibodies that target amyloid to treat Alzheimer’s disease for beneficiaries enrolled in qualifying clinical trials.