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Prioritizing community health to achieve health equity
To achieve health equity, all of us—hospitals and health systems, allied hospital associations, and local, state and national stakeholders—will need to partner and prioritize the work that improves the health of our communities.
As health care changes, focus turns to disruptive CEOs
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: CVS debuts a telemedicine app; Amazon to test staff clinics; Oscar Health is armed for disruption; and Big Tech calls for embrace of interoperability standards.
CDC: 1 in 4 U.S. adults has disability
One in four U.S. adults has a disability that impacts major life activities, including 40 percent of adults age 65 and older, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Senate hearing highlights FCC efforts to expand broadband, telehealth
Testifying at a Senate hearing today on Federal Communications Commission policies and oversight, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai highlighted the agency’s recent actions to expand access to broadband and telehealth.
Ways and Means Committee reports on efforts to reduce Medicare burdens
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) yesterday released a report reviewing the committee’s year-long initiative to reduce legislative and regulatory burdens on Medicare providers and potential next steps.
Medical school to offer all its students full-tuition scholarships
NYU School of Medicine yesterday announced it will offer full-tuition scholarships to all current and future students in its M.D. degree program.
Study offers surgical guidelines for preventing CAUTI
A new study offers evidence-based guidelines for appropriate urinary catheter use in common surgeries to prevent complications.
New Jersey receives waiver to implement reinsurance program
The departments of Health and Human Services and the Treasury yesterday approved a Section 1332 waiver for New Jersey to implement a five-year reinsurance program for its individual health insurance market beginning in 2019.
CMS grants continued approval to hospital accrediting organization
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has approved DNV GL – Healthcare for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization for hospitals that wish to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.