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Health care providers used Z codes to capture standardized data on social determinants of health for 525,987 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2019, according to a new report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response awarded Emory University in Atlanta up to $3 million to lead a fourth demonstration site for the Regional Disaster Health Response System, launched in 2018 to better coordinate and integrate…
DeRoyal Industries recently recalled more than 2,800 procedure packs distributed in the U.S. that could expose patients to harmful levels of aluminum.
Hospitals and health systems are paying $24 billion more per year for clinical labor than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis released by Premier.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has modified its COVID-19 blanket waiver for Medicare-dependent hospitals (MDHs) to include hospitals that became newly classified as MDHs during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The AHA released a new issue of the COVID-19 Snapshot, underscoring the persisting challenges facing hospitals and health systems during the ongoing public health emergency.
Pfizer announced that it has formally requested that the Food and Drug Administration amend its COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization to allow vaccinations of children between the ages of 5 and 11.
The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded cities, counties, states and community organizations $2.21 billion in fiscal year 2021 grants to support medical and support services, including medications, for people with low income who have HIV.
The frequency of anxiety and depression symptoms among U.S. adults increased after August 2020 and peaked during December 2020 and January 2021, mirroring the national weekly number of new COVID-19 cases, according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health care providers registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration must use the new single-sheet form to order schedule I and II controlled substances, effective Oct. 30, the agency announced.