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CMS Urged Not to Re-implement HH Demonstration as Proposed

AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to re-implement a home health demonstration as proposed.
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Chair File: Embedding Quality Improvement and Embracing Diversity

“Be better tomorrow than we are today” is the goal of Northwell Health, a large system serving a diverse patient population in New York City and the surrounding suburbs of Long Island and Westchester County.
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NASEM Workshop on Medical Preparedness for Nuclear Incident

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host an Aug. 22-23 workshop in Washington, D.C., on medical and public health preparedness for a nuclear incident.
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CMS Extends Ground Ambulance, Home Health Moratoria

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today extended for another six months its moratoria on enrollment of new Medicare home health agencies in Florida, Illinois, Michigan and Texas, and on new Part B non-emergency ground ambulance suppliers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Wisconsin, Maine Receive Waivers to Implement Reinsurance Programs

The departments of Health and Human Services and the Treasury have approved Section 1332 waivers for Wisconsin and Maine to implement five-year reinsurance programs for their individual health insurance markets beginning in 2019.
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AHA Shares Value-based Care Recommendations with Congressional Caucus

AHA today submitted comments to the House Health Care Innovation Caucus in response to a request for feedback regarding innovative policy ideas that improve quality of care and lower costs for consumers.
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Study: Enrollment in Off-exchange Plans Declines in First Quarter 2018

Enrollment in the individual health insurance market fell by 12% between first-quarter 2017 and first-quarter 2018 to 14.4 million people, according to a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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NAM Collaborative Targets Opioid Epidemic

The National Academy of Medicine today launched the Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic, a public-private partnership that will develop and disseminate evidence-based solutions to reduce opioid misuse and improve outcomes for individuals, families and communities affected by addiction.
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Senate Holds Hearing on Reducing Administrative Burden in Health Care

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today held the third in a series of hearings on how to reduce health care costs, which focused on reducing administrative spending.  
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CMS Issues IRF, SNF and IPF Final Rules for 2019

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued final rules for inpatient rehabilitation facility, skilled nursing facility and inpatient psychiatric facility payments for fiscal year 2019.