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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission released its March report to Congress.
The Food and Drug Administration alerted clinical laboratories staff and health care providers to the potential for positive results from a test made by Roche Molecular Systems to simultaneously detect and differentiate SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A/B.
Medicare will nearly double what it pays to administer COVID-19 vaccines to about $40 per dose to better reflect the costs involved and help providers vaccinate more Americans, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today.
The Department of Homeland Security formally removed its public charge rule from the Code of Federal Regulations.
Cyber criminals and nation-state actors believed to be affiliated with the Chinese government continue to exploit recently announced vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange on-premises products, posing a serious risk to federal agencies and private organizations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has selected 184 ambulance providers and suppliers in 36 states to participate in the Services Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) Model, which began Jan. 1.
Reps. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., and Terri Sewell, D-Ala., introduced the Rural Hospital Support Act, AHA-supported legislation that would make permanent the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program and enhanced low-volume Medicare adjustment for small rural prospective payment system hospitals.
A Sunday, March 14 segment on 60 Minutes+ (available on streaming service Paramount+ rather than CBS) will underscore the struggles health care workers are facing amidst the COVID-19 public health emergency.
President Biden directed states, tribes and territories to make all adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccination by May 1.
Reps. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., Richard Neal, D-Mass., Frank Pallone, D-N.J. and David Scott, D-Ga., introduced a bill that, among other health care provisions, would eliminate the 2% across-the-board cut to all Medicare payments, known as sequestration, until the end of 2021.