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The Senate Finance Committee today held a hearing on issues impacting health care costs and coverage. Witnesses included former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt and representatives from the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, Heritage…
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today held a hearing on state flexibility in the individual health insurance market, the third in a series of bipartisan hearings aimed at producing legislation to stabilize the individual health insurance market. Witnesses included former…
Primary care physicians spend more than half of their workday performing data entry and other tasks with electronic health records, according to a new study in the Annals of Family Medicine. The study included 142 physicians at family medicine clinics associated with the University of Wisconsin-…
While areas in the Southeast U.S. experience the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shared a number of resources, including how to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning – one of the main causes of death after a hurricane. “Always use generators,…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should withdraw its proposal to reduce Medicare Part B payment for drugs acquired through the 340B Drug Pricing Program, AHA yesterday told the agency in comments on its outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2018…
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price Friday declared public health emergencies in Georgia and South Carolina due to Hurricane Irma, and waived or modified certain Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program requirements to ensure sufficient health care items and…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should withdraw its proposal to reduce Medicare Part B payment for drugs acquired through the 340B Drug Pricing Program, AHA today told the agency in comments on its outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2018. “CMS…
The AHA today laid out actions the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services could take to immediately reduce the regulatory burden on hospitals, health systems and the patients they serve. Submitted in response to the agency’s request for information on flexibilities and efficiencies, the…
The AHA today expressed serious concerns with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposal to significantly reduce the payment rate for “nonexcepted” services provided in off-campus provider-based departments under the physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year 2018.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Survey & Certification Group last week issued guidance clarifying how it will determine whether a facility qualifies as a hospital under Section 1861(e) of the Social Security Act, which requires Medicare hospitals (but not critical access…