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Guide highlights Quality Payment Program status of MSSP tracks
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a guide showing which Medicare Shared Savings Program tracks for 2019 qualify as an alternative payment model or advanced APM under the Quality Payment Program.
The myriad ways hospitals are furthering maternal health
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health works to reduce infant mortality; Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut cares for the vulnerable and uninsured; and Greenville Health System in South Carolina makes great strides in preventing low birthweight and premature births.
Nonprofit group seeks to create affordable generic drugs amid medicine shortage
Also in this weekly roundup of health care related news: Cleveland Clinic leader discusses health care trends, and how one health system uses real-time data to make clinical decisions.
FDA issues guidance for assessing programs to mitigate drug risks
The Food and Drug Administration today released draft guidance for assessing risk evaluation and mitigation strategies.
HHS releases emergency response resources for new nerve agents
The Department of Health and Human Services has released medical management guidelines and other resources to help the emergency response community prepare for and respond to incidents involving fourth-generation nerve agents.
Lawmakers urge CMS to extend February deadline for Medicare ACOs
A bipartisan group of lawmakers yesterday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide additional time for accountable care organizations to apply to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program beginning in July.
MACPAC proposes phasing in Medicaid DSH cuts, restructuring allotments
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission today recommended that Congress phase in the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital reductions over a longer period and restructure the DSH allotment methodology based on the number of low-income individuals in a state.
Perspective: Better Care through Interoperability
America’s patients deserve the best care in the world, and America’s national hospital associations are united in calling for accelerated interoperability to make that happen.
HHS gives update on efforts to reduce backlog of Medicare appeals
As required by a judge's ruling in a lawsuit brought by the AHA and its member hospital plaintiffs, the Department of Health and Human Services recently provided an update on its progress reducing the backlog of Medicare appeals at the Administrative Law Judge level.
AHA comments on CMS's IPI model for Medicare Part B drugs
AHA commends the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' willingness to address excessive growth in drug prices, but urges CMS to consider narrowing the scope of the program.