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Senate Hearing Examines Rural Health Care Challenges, Opportunities

The Senate Finance Committee today held a hearing on “Rural Health Care in America: Challenges and Opportunities.”
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Perspective: Caring for Our Veterans

This weekend we pause to observe Memorial Day to remember those who died and served our nation protecting our freedom and liberty.
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NCHL Seeks Nominations for Health Care Leadership Excellence Award

The National Center for Healthcare Leadership is accepting nominations through June 8 for the 2018 Gail L. Warden Leadership Excellence Award.
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HHS Assistant Secretary Nominee Advances in Senate

The Senate Finance Committee yesterday unanimously advanced President Trump’s nomination of John Bartrum to serve as assistant secretary for financial resources in the Department of Health and Human Services.
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SAMHSA Course June 9 on Treating Pregnant Women with Opioid Disorders

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will offer a free course June 9 in Philadelphia for physicians and other health care professionals who care for pregnant women with opioid use disorder and substance-exposed infants
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AHA Comments on CMS Proposal to Test Direct Provider Contracting Models

Responding today to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services request for information on a proposal to create and test one or more direct provider contracting models through Medicare contracts with primary care practices, AHA said it supports the development of models that improve beneficiaries’ access to care.
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Hospital and Health System Leaders Share Affordability Strategies at AHA Annual Meeting

Panelists spoke about how they integrate analytics, are strategic about cost and manage risk to add value to care and make it more affordable. Read more and learn more about the AHA’s Value Initiative.
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CDC: Outbreak Associated with Synthetic Cannabinoids Spreads to 9 States

More than 200 people in nine states have reported bleeding or other symptoms associated with exposure to synthetic cannabinoid products containing an anticoagulant agent, including five who died.
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Today is the Deadline for Hospitals to Apply for FY 2018 Low-volume Adjustment

The Bipartisan Budget Act retroactively extended the enhanced low-volume payment adjustment, which provides an add-on payment to qualifying low-volume hospitals to help improve access to care in rural areas.
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CDC Shares Update on Ebola in Congo; Steps for U.S. Care Providers

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today provided an update on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and advised health care providers in the U.S. to continue to obtain a travel history from all patients seeking care.