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House Committees Advance Opioid Bills

The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday approved 32 bills to address the opioid crisis, including 12 AHA-supported bills.
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AHA Comments on Bills Before Energy and Commerce Committee Related to the Opioid Crisis

AHA comments to the House Subcommittee on Health Energy and Commerce on bills related to the opioid crisis.
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CMS extends Indiana Medicaid waiver; work requirement contingent on court

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services conditionally approved Indiana’s request to require some adult Medicaid beneficiaries to work or participate in other “community engagement” activities to remain eligible for coverage, contingent on the Supreme Court legally authorizing the provisions.
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AHA board member receives national health care award

Marna Borgstom, CEO of Yale New Haven Health and a member of AHA’s Board of Trustees, received the 2020 Charles S. Lauer National Healthcare Award from B’nai B’rith International for her “dedication to community service, excellence in leadership and outstanding philanthropic commitment in the health care community and beyond.”
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Final rule released requiring health plans to publicly release their negotiated rates

The Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor released its transparency-in-coverage final rule imposing new requirements upon group health plans and issuers of health insurance coverage in the individual and group markets.
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AHA #HealthCareInnovation blog: COVID-19 crisis drives new screening method

“The COVID-19 pandemic has proved that crisis tends to be a driver of innovation,” writes Jonathan Bandel, vice president of strategy and innovation for New York’s White Plains Hospital.
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FDA updates remote monitoring guidance, approves generic intubation drugs

The Food and Drug Administration updated its guidance on enforcement policy for non-invasive remote monitoring devices that support patient monitoring during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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HRSA distributes first COVID-19 quality incentive payments to nursing homes

Over 10,000 eligible nursing homes, or 76% of the field, will receive a portion of $333 million in COVID-19 Provider Relief Funds for meeting infection control and mortality criteria in effect from August through September.
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HHS to purchase antibody treatment for COVID-19 outpatients

The departments of Health and Human Services and Defense have agreed to purchase the first 300,000 doses of the investigational antibody drug bamlanivimab, also known as LY-CoV555, which state and territorial health departments will distribute to health care facilities for use in COVID-19 outpatients if the Food and Drug Administration authorizes the drug.