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HHS finalizes changes to Medicare appeals procedures

The Department of Health and Human Services today released a final rule that attempt
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MedPAC finalizes 2018 payment recommendations for post-acute care

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday finalized recommendations that Congress forgo increasing or reduce Medicare payment rates in 2018 for home health agencies, skilled nursing facili
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FDA ban on powdered medical gloves takes effect Jan. 18

The Food and Drug Administration last month finalized a rule banning most powdered medical gloves i
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AHA to MAP: Focus on quality measures that optimize outcomes

The AHA today urged the Measure Applications Partnership to focus its 2017 recommendations for Medicare quality and pay-for-performance programs on measures that most optimize outcomes for patients
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CDC: Rural Americans more likely to die from five leading causes

Americans who live in rural areas are more likely to die from heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease or stroke than their urban counterparts, according to a
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MedPAC finalizes 2018 payment recommendations for hospital services

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today finalized its recommendation that would update payments for hospital inpatient and outpatient services in 2018 as outlined under current law, that is,
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Senate passes budget resolution

The Senate voted 51-48 early today to pass a fiscal year 2017 budget resolution, beginning
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HHS: Uninsured mental health, substance use hospitalizations fall

Only about 5% of adults in Medicaid expansion states who were hospitalized for substance use or mental health disorders in third-quarter 2015 lacked health insurance, down from 20% in 2013, accordi
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Trump to nominate Shulkin as VA secretary

President-elect Donald Trump yesterday announced his intention to nominate as Secretary of Veterans Affairs