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CMS issues draft guidance on hospital space-sharing arrangements

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released draft guidance for state survey agencies on hospitals that share space, staff or services with another hospital or health care entity.
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President signs executive order to strengthen the cybersecurity workforce

President Trump yesterday signed an executive order to help strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity workforce.
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NIST issues draft framework to help organizations manage data privacy risk

The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology this week released for comment a draft framework to help organizations that deliver or use data processing systems, products or services manage privacy risk.
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House, Senate bills would expand Medicare to more Americans

Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., this week introduced the Medicare for America Act, legislation that would create a national health insurance program for most Americans.
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Hospitals add 8,300 jobs in April

Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.16 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted 5,229,200 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
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Tips for submitting an AHA Innovation Challenge application that stands out

In part two of this blog series, AHA Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Jay Bhatt, shares some tips for standing out in AHA’s 2019 Innovation Challenge. Applications are due May 24.
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CMS finalizes rule ending certain Medicaid payments to third parties

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule that eliminates 2014 regulatory text allowing states to reassign Medicaid payments to third parties on behalf of certain providers.
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CMS to speed request process for new drug, device payment codes

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will increase the number of opportunities to apply for Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System Level II codes from once per year to quarterly for new drugs and semiannually for new medical devices.
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HHS releases final conscience rights regulation

The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a final rule protecting certain statutory conscience rights in health care.
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AHA supports Opioid Workforce Act

The AHA yesterday announced support for the Opioid Workforce Act of 2019, bipartisan legislation to reduce the nation’s shortage of opioid treatment providers by increasing the number of resident physician slots in hospitals with programs focused on substance use disorder treatment.