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Prescription drug bills introduced in Senate

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with several other Democratic senators, yesterday introduced bills aimed at increasing transparency for prescription drug prices and reducing costs for Medicare Part D enrollees.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

Smartphone App Deliver Results for Mental Health Patients

It can be difficult to find creative ways to optimize the time of psychiatrists and other caregivers who treat mental health patients. Likewise, finding better ways to integrate behavioral health and primary care to improve patient access and outcomes can be challenging. Montefiore Health System in New York has made great progress in all of these areas by implementing the Collaborative Care Model and deploying a smartphone app for patients and caregivers.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

More Patients Are Hearing Bedside Voices — Without a Caregiver Present

With ever-increasing frequency, virtual assistant devices are finding their way into patient care. A recent report in STAT explains ways hospitals are finding new uses for these devices manufactured by Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and others in areas like intensive care units and surgical recovery rooms. Some are imagining a future in which voice avatars like Alexa become a virtual member of the medical team.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

4 Health Care Startups You Should Know

As many first-generation unicorn startups have matured and prepare to go public, the second wave of innovators is largely concentrating on software and digital solutions for such industries as farming, banking and health care. Many second-generation startups are growing fast for several reasons.
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Perspective: The AHA Annual Meeting – Meeting Today’s Challenges, Creating a Healthier Tomorrow

In this ever-changing world, there are fewer certainties than ever before: the health care field, the political landscape, and even the climate are transforming as I write. But, one thing that doesn’t change, and you can count on: The AHA Annual Membership Meeting is one of the best places to learn about the new trends shaping health care, hear about our field’s opportunities to impact public policy from the key players who are shaping it, and talk with your peers from across the country about how we can build a stronger health system for our patients, hospitals and communities.
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Reminder: Feb. 28 deadline to submit eCQM, PIP attestation data

Hospitals participating in the Inpatient Quality Reporting and/or Promoting Interoperability Programs must submit data for at least four electronic clinical quality measures from any quarter of calendar year 2018 through the QualityNet secure portal by Feb. 28 to receive a full payment update in fiscal year 2020.
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CDC: Relatively few flu hospitalizations so far this season

Hospitals and clinicians are seeing fewer flu patients this season than in other recent years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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Congress passes final FY 2019 appropriations package

Congress last night approved legislation providing discretionary funding for certain federal programs for fiscal year 2019, preventing a shutdown of those programs tonight when their current funding expires.
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CMS proposes Medicare cover CAR T-cell therapies for certain patients

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today proposed Medicare cover chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapies approved by the Food and Drug Administration when they are prescribed by the treating oncologist and performed in a hospital meeting certain criteria.
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Hospital’s bereavement program spreads loss support to local community and beyond

Glendale, Calif.-based Adventist Medical Center has built a growing community of grief support facilitators.