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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released the proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system for calendar year 2018, which also proposes major HH PPS refinements for CY 2019. For CY 2018, the rule would decrease net HH payments by 0.4 percentage point, or $80…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday issued updated recommendations for health care providers caring for pregnant women with possible Zika virus exposure. In the updated guidance, CDC no longer recommends the routine testing of women with possible recent exposure to Zika virus…
Massachusetts yesterday proposed creating a premium stabilization fund in lieu of cost-sharing reductions to help stabilize the state’s health insurance marketplace. The state also plans to request transition relief from the federal employer mandate and other flexibilities under the…
The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee seeks input through Aug. 25 on how Congress can reduce legislative and regulatory burdens on Medicare providers. The request is the first step in a committee initiative to work with health care providers and the administration to deliver regulatory…
The Federal Communications Commission’s Connect2Health Task Force will convene several virtual listening sessions beginning next month to facilitate stakeholder input on actions to accelerate the adoption and accessibility of broadband-enabled health care solutions and advanced technologies,…
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today unveiled an economic plan focused on improving wages, lowering costs and boosting job opportunities.
Up to one in three Medicaid expansion enrollees received outpatient behavioral health treatment in 2014 in four states examined by the Government Accountability Office: Iowa, New York, Washington and West Virginia. Officials in the three states expanding Medicaid to this population for the first…
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives will conduct the annual “HealthCare’s Most Wired” hospital survey and benchmarking program going forward, AHA and CHIME announced today. An active supporter of the program since its inception in 1999, CHIME transitioned…
When a patient shows up at Children’s Mercy Hospital suffering from a severe asthma attack, the hospital is ready to do more than just treat the illness. The child’s home may get a checkup as well.
Fujifilm Medical Systems today voluntarily recalled its ED-530XT model duodenoscopes to replace certain parts in an effort to reduce potential risk associated with inadequate reprocessing of the device, which is used to visualize the upper digestive tract. The company plans to contact all customers…