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The California Department of Public Health and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles will serve as the last of 10 regional treatment centers for patients with Ebola and other severe, highly infectious diseases, the Department of Health and Human Services announced yesterday.
For the second time in two months, a federal court has denied a Federal Trade Commission request to stop a proposed merger, finding the agency was unlikely to succeed on the merits of its antitrust claims. The latest decision, in Illinois, paves the way for Advocate Health Care and NorthShore…
The American Medical Association yesterday adopted the first comprehensive update to its Code of Medical Ethics in more than 50 years, as well as separate ethical guidance for physicians who respond to individual health queries electronically or provide clinical services through…
An estimated 15% of Medicare patients filled a new prescription for an opioid within a week of being discharged from the hospital in 2011, according to a study published yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Four in 10 beneficiaries who filled a prescription within a week of hospital discharge…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday awarded $32 million in grants to find and enroll eligible children in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
The Maryland Hospital Association will receive the 2016 Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership for its work to improve health care quality, AHA announced today. The Ohio Hospital Association and Kansas Hospital Association were selected as honorable mentions for the…
Orlando (FL) Regional Medical Center treated 44 victims from a mass shooting at a gay nightclub that left 53 injured and 50 dead, including the shooter. Many patients had multiple high-velocity gunshot wounds and were immediately transported to operating rooms, according to the hospital, part of…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a proposed rule that would update and revise conditions of participation that hospitals and critical access hospitals must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should increase outreach, education and guidance to promote electronic clinical quality measures reporting and reduce the burden on hospitals, according to a summary of findings from a 2015 pilot assessing hospital readiness to submit eCQM data…
The White House today announced research investments and other actions to increase organ donation and reduce the waiting list for transplants. They include public-private initiatives to research and develop techniques to bio-fabricate tissues, advance organ and tissue preservation, and create…