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FDA approves prescription app for outpatient opioid use disorder patients
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a mobile medical application to help increase retention in outpatient treatment programs for opioid use disorder.
FDA issues revised guidance for outsourcing facilities that compound drugs
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday released revised draft guidance for facilities that compound human drugs as outsourcing facilities.
IRS issues guidance on qualified transportation fringe benefit expenses
The Internal Revenue Service yesterday issued interim guidance regarding the treatment of qualified transportation fringe benefit expenses paid or incurred after Dec. 31, 2017.
FDA releases early results from duodenoscope reprocessing studies
Early results from studies to better understand how duodenoscopes are reprocessed in real-world settings have found higher than expected contamination rates after reprocessing.
Emergency department nurses at Kansas hospital respond to combat human trafficking
Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: A cancer survivor follows in the footsteps of the nurses who took care of her, and a small study suggests that nurses can boost their empathy through a simulated exercise.
Hospitals and health systems improve EHRs and use data-informed strategies to fight burnout
In this AHA Stat blog post, Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of AHA's Physician Alliance, highlights how three organizations – HCA Healthcare, Erlanger Health System and the Minnesota Hospital Association – have implemented strategies to help tackle physician burnout.
Report: Deaths due to fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine on rise
The number of drug overdose deaths involving heroin or methamphetamine more than tripled between 2011 and 2016 to 4,571 and 6,762 per year, respectively, while deaths involving cocaine nearly doubled between 2014 and 2016 to 11,316 per year.
CMS: 2019 HealthCare.gov enrollment tops 4.1 million
More than 4.1 million people selected a 2019 health plan through HealthCare.gov between Nov. 1 and Dec. 8, including more than 934,000 last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported today.
Rural health care, burden reduction bills introduced
Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday introduced legislation to repeal the 96-hour physician certification requirement as a condition of payment for critical access hospitals.
House passes ACE Kids Act, Medicaid drug rebate provision
The House of Representatives yesterday voted 400-11 to pass a health care bill (H.R. 7127) that includes the ACE Kids Act.