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Outpatient opioid prescriptions for children have steadily declined since 2012, driven by fewer prescriptions for hydrocodone, according to a study reported online by JAMA Pediatrics.
A health system consortium recently received $9 million from the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Moonshot initiative to develop, implement and evaluate an app to help patients report and better manage their cancer treatment symptoms.
The Camp Fire seriously damaged part of Adventist Health Feather River hospital in Paradise, Calif., including some inpatient units and multiple hospital outbuildings, the hospital reports.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated its alternative payment model participation status tool for the 2018 Quality Payment Program, which identifies eligible clinicians who qualify as advanced APM participants based on Medicare Part B claims data through June.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will discuss its updated price transparency guidelines for hospitals during a Nov. 13 Open Door Forum.
The Department of Health and Human Services today updated its physical activity guidelines for Americans, the first since the guidelines were released in 2008.
The Department of Health and Human Services is considering new episode-based payment models, including mandatory and voluntary models.
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission yesterday urged the Department of Health and Human Services to pause disenrollments related to work requirements in Arkansas’ Medicaid program.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for a rapid, single-use test to detect Ebola virus.
Mothers and infants enrolled in the Strong Start birth centers model had $2,010 lower costs on average, 25 percent lower preterm birth rates and better birth outcomes than other comparable women enrolled in Medicaid.