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AHA, Center to Advance Palliative Care partner to deliver high-value care
The AHA and Center to Advance Palliative Care this week announced a strategic partnership to develop and disseminate training and other resources to help health care providers expand access to palliative care and adopt a population health approach to improve care for patients with serious illness.
FDA revises draft MOU on interstate distribution of compounded drugs
The Food and Drug Administration today released for public comment a revised draft memorandum of understanding for states regarding interstate distribution of “inordinate amounts” of compounded drugs by licensed pharmacists or physicians.
Bills to promote access to drug price, rebate data advance in House
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today approved legislation that would prohibit Medicare and private health plans from restricting a pharmacist’s ability to inform enrollees when a drug would cost less without using their insurance.
AHA comments on physician fee schedule proposed rule for CY 2019
The AHA appreciates the steps the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is taking to streamline the Quality Payment Program and reduce burden for clinicians, but “is very concerned about the collapse of payment rates for evaluation and management visit codes.”
Senate to vote on opioid package next week
The Senate is expected to vote next week on the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018, a substitute amendment to the House-passed opioid package (H.R. 6).
Chair File: Leading Innovation, Advancing Health
The AHA is opening a new chapter in advancing health in America.
FDA broadens treatment options for opioid dependence
The Food and Drug Administration Friday approved a new dosage option for buprenorphine and naloxone sublingual film, applied under the tongue as a maintenance treatment for opioid dependence.
Report: CJR model reduces episode payments
Hospitals participating in the first year of Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model reduced payments for lower extremity joint replacement episodes by an average 3.3 percent more than hospitals that did not participate in the model.
Penn Medicine develops ‘first-of-its-kind’ framework for measuring, operationalizing workforce inclusion
As health care organizations strive to cultivate inclusive workplaces, many could use a comprehensive structure to keep their efforts in check. A ‘first-of-its-kind’ study from the Perelman School of Medicine, which is part of the academic medical center Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, has given way to a taxonomy that other health care leaders can use to do exactly that.
The creative ways hospitals are promoting behavioral health
Detroit Medical Center looks at mental illness like any other health issue and treats it upstream, and Freeman Health System offers traumatized youth a truly comprehensive behavioral health experience