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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued a proposed rule amending its domestic and foreign quarantine regulations to aid in responding to outbreaks of new or reemerging communicable diseases.
The Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday awarded $16 million in fiscal year 2016 rural health grants to build sustainable telehealth programs and networks in medically underserved areas; improve care for populations with high rates of chronic conditions; and research to…
Neonatal abstinence syndrome increased 300% between 1999 and 2013, from 1.5 cases per 1,000 hospital births to 6 per 1,000, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Health Resources and Services Administration today released a proposed rule that would implement an Affordable Care Act provision requiring a binding administrative dispute resolution process for 340B Drug Pricing Program participants who claim they have been overcharged for drugs…
The AHA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today hosted a call for hospital and health system leaders on the latest developments regarding Zika virus. “The AHA has been working with the CDC to ensure that hospitals and health systems have the latest information about how to…
Starting tomorrow, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health Karen DeSalvo, M.D., will transition out of her dual role as national coordinator for health information technology, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced today. Vindell Washington, M.D., currently principal deputy at…
Monthly medical costs per enrollee in the Health Insurance Marketplaces fell by 0.1% between 2014 and 2015, with larger declines in states with higher-than-average enrollment growth, suggesting year-over-year improvement in the individual risk pool, according to a report released today by the…
A Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to block Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana will go to trial Dec. 5, according to news reports on a hearing before U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C., who was assigned to the case. According to the reports, the judge said he…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday announced refinements to the design of the second year of the Medicare Advantage Valued-Based Insurance Design Model. The model, announced last year, will test whether giving MA plans flexibility to offer supplemental benefits or…
The Office of Management and Budget will accept comments on the updated Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice and instructions through Sept. 1, according to information now posted with the updated MOON. The inpatient prospective payment system final rule for fiscal year 2017, released Aug.