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San Francisco-based Dignity Health today published information on its Human Trafficking Response Program to help other hospitals and health systems implement similar programs.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today heard oral argument in the government’s appeal of a December 2016 court order obtained by the AHA and three hospitals, which required the Department of Health and Human Services to eliminate within four years the Medicare…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services intends to propose rulemaking that would change how small employers enroll in the federally-facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) for plan years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2018.
The World Health Organization is investigating an Ebola outbreak in a remote northern area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the eighth in the African nation since the virus was discovered there in 1976. As of Saturday, 11 suspected cases and three deaths have been reported since April 22.…
The number of new hepatitis C infections reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nearly tripled between 2010 and 2015 to 2,436 a year. Because limited surveillance resources have led to underreporting, CDC estimates the actual number of new infections is closer to 34,000 a year.
Hospitals and other clinical services in England’s National Health Service today reported a ransomware attack, a type of cyberattack in which the actors demand the payment of ransom to regain access to a victim’s data. “This attack was not specifically targeted at the NHS and is…
Anthem is terminating its merger agreement with Cigna after a Delaware court denied the health insurer’s request for a temporary restraining order to stop Cigna from terminating the agreement.
President Trump yesterday issued an executive order on strengthening the cybersecurity of federal networks and critical infrastructure, which includes hospitals and health systems.
The nation’s governors yesterday urged Congress to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program for five years, at the current enhanced federal matching rate. “Certainty of funding in the near-term is needed so that states may appropriately budget and plan for their upcoming fiscal…
Physicians and teaching hospitals may review and dispute 2016 payments reported to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Open Payments program through May 15. Applicable drug and medical device makers and group purchasing organizations must annually report certain payments made to…