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The American Society of Clinical Oncology yesterday released updated guidelines for the management of chronic pain in adult cancer survivors that urge clinicians to screen for pain at each encounter and carefully weigh the use of opioids for certain patients who do not respond to more…
Minority patients were more likely to undergo the four life-sustaining procedures – gastrostomy (feeding tube insertion), tracheostomy, mechanical ventilation and hermicraniectomy (to relieve pressure on the brain) – after stroke than white patients, according to a research letter…
Tomás León, president and CEO of the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, was recently recognized as one of Diversity MBA’s Top 100 under 50 Executive Leaders for 2016. The recipients will be honored in September at Diversity MBA’s Annual Business Leaders…
The AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance has released a free webinar describing practical approaches for leaders to use in developing a sustainable capability for innovation. The webinar, featuring leaders from management consulting firm Kaufman Hall, explores techniques for…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday proposed a new payment model that would bundle payment to acute care hospitals for heart attack and cardiac bypass surgery services. The proposed rule also would expand the existing Comprehensive Care for Joint (CJR) Replacement model…
Reps. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, and Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., yesterday introduced a bill to delay for at least one year the introduction of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) new hospital star ratings to ensure the ratings are fair and reliable.
The Hospital Quality Rating…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today proposed a new payment model that would bundle payment to acute care hospitals for heart attack and cardiac bypass surgery services.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released updated guidance for health care providers caring for pregnant women with possible exposure to Zika virus. Specifically, the guidance extends to 14 days the timeframe for testing the blood of pregnant women for Zika particles.
Reps. Jim Renacci (R-OH) and Kathleen Rice (D-NY) today introduced a bill to delay for at least one year the introduction of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ new hospital star ratings to ensure the ratings are fair and reliable. The Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016…
President Obama July 22 signed into law the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (S. 524), legislation designed to help stem the epidemic of opioid abuse through education, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.