Emergency Readiness
The Health Resources and Services Administration has announced that 340B Drug Pricing Program hospitals in areas affected by recent natural disasters can immediately enroll in the program instead of waiting for the normal registration period. “HRSA recognizes that circumstances surrounding disaster…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released an online training course for state survey agencies that will evaluate compliance with new emergency preparedness requirements for hospitals and other providers beginning Nov. 15. The course also is available to providers.
Many hospitals and health systems in Texas and Louisiana continue to experience incredibly challenging and dangerous conditions caused by now Tropical Storm Harvey.
Hurricane Harvey and How You Can Help
The Partnership to Amend 42 CFR Part 2, a coalition of over 30 health care organizations committed to helping the country end the opioid crisis, today issued the following statement in response to the introduction of the bipartisan Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act, OPPS Act of 2017, H.R…
A new report by Milliman aims to demonstrate the tremendous resources hospitals and health systems put toward anticipating violent events and caring for its victims. Cost estimates are $2.7 billion in 2016.
The skyrocketing price of prescription drugs threatens both patient access to care and the ability of providers to deliver the highest quality of care to patients and communities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued interpretive guidelines for state survey agencies that will evaluate compliance with new emergency preparedness requirements for hospitals and other providers beginning Nov. 15.
Hospital leaders are monitoring what is happening in the U.K. and around the world, using the lessons learned in previous attacks and applying best cybersecurity practices in an effort to anticipate and respond to existing and emerging threats.