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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its final rule for the fiscal year 2017 hospital inpatient prospective payment system, which will increase rates by 0.95% compared to FY 2016, after accounting for inflation and other adjustments required by law. In the rule,…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its long-term care hospital prospective payment system final rule for fiscal year 2017. The rule finalizes a 2.8% market-basket update, a 0.3% cut for productivity and an additional 0.75% cut as mandated by the Affordable Care…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today awarded 40 states and territories between $200,000 and $720,000 each to enhance their information gathering to rapidly detect microcephaly and other birth defects caused by Zika virus. The funding also will help them refer infants and…
Aetna today announced agreements to divest certain Medicare Advantage plans by selling some portions of plans representing about 290,000 enrollees in 21 states to Molina Healthcare Inc., to satisfy Department of Justice concerns about competitive concentration. Molina currently has 4.3 million…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should better align Medicare uncompensated care payments with hospitals’ actual uncompensated care costs, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released yesterday. In the report, CMS agreed with the recommendation, noting…
The Federal Communication Commission’s Connect2Health Task Force today released a web-based mapping tool that allows users to overlay broadband and health data (such as obesity, diabetes and physician access) at the national, state and county levels to identify priority areas for…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released an updated interim plan for responding to locally acquired cases of Zika virus infection in the continental U.S. and Hawaii.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued guidance further clarifying the steps for determining whether a laboratory qualifies as an “applicable laboratory” under a final rule implementing changes to the Medicare clinical laboratory fee schedule, which…
Eligible practices in 14 regions may apply through Sept. 15 to participate in the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus model, a five-year medical home model beginning in January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today. The multi-payer model, announced in April, will build…
The AHA’s Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management today presented its 2016 George R. Gossett Leadership Award to Christopher O’Connor, executive vice president of GNYHA Ventures Inc., president of GNYHA Services Inc. and president of Nexera Inc.