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Lawmakers and regulators should increase their oversight of commercial health plans and enact fair and patient-friendly reforms, writes AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack in an advertorial published today in the Wall Street Journal.
The Health Resources and Services Administration in September gave health care providers who received more than $10,000 in Provider Relief Funds between April 30 and June 30, 2020, until Nov. 30, 2021, to comply with the original reporting requirements before recouping the funds or taking other…
What are the Medicare deductible 2022 rates? Find out here, along with updates on premiums and coinsurance amounts.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Nov. 10 call on its recent interim final rule requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most health care settings that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, including hospitals and health systems. The rule…
The House late Friday voted 228 to 206 to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — legislation passed by the Senate in August that includes funding for broadband internet deployment, equity and affordability, as well as investments to improve federal coordination and assistance with…
Aaron Wesolowski, vice president for policy research, analytics and strategy at the AHA, takes issue with a recent white paper from the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy on a Medicaid coverage provision in the draft Build Back Better Act.
The Food and Drug Administration Friday authorized another over-the-counter COVID-19 diagnostic test for emergency use.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday updated its recommendations for clinicians retesting children tested with recalled LeadCare lead test kits.
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