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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring 279 pregnant women in U.S. states and territories with laboratory evidence of possible Zika virus infection, according to a report released today on data from the U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry and Puerto Rico Zika Active Pregnancy…
Participating today at an Alliance for Health Reform briefing on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, Ashley Thompson, AHA senior vice president for public policy analysis and development, shared AHA’s views on the law and recent proposed rule implementing key…
The Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria seeks additional information from the public and stakeholders as it develops recommendations for the Health and Human Services Secretary on programs and policies to prevent and combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria and…
U.S. health expenditures for mental disorders exceeded spending for every other medical condition in 2013 at $201 billion, according to a study published online this week by Health Affairs. Spending for heart conditions and trauma were the next highest, at $147 billion and $143 billion,…
The National Center for Healthcare Leadership is accepting nominations through June 13 for the 2016 Gail L. Warden Leadership Excellence Award. The annual award honors a health care leader whose commitment, values and contributions have improved the health of the public through leadership and…
A bipartisan group of 51 senators today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide flexibility in implementation of the Medicare payment reductions for new off-campus hospital outpatient departments under the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act to protect patients’ access…
The Senate today agreed to add $1.1 billion in emergency funding to combat the Zika virus to a fiscal 2017 appropriations package for transportation, housing and urban development (H.R. 2577). That’s nearly twice as much as the House approved last night as part of a separate emergency funding…
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce yesterday voted 21-10 to approve a joint resolution (H.J. Res. 87) that would nullify a Department of Labor final rule narrowing the long-standing "advice" exemption for employers and labor consultants under the Labor-Management Reporting and…
Recent events – including carrier turnover, plan terminations and pricing volatility – suggest that the individual health insurance market is “still in flux” after the close of the third open enrollment period for the public exchanges, according to a new report by…
Every Oregon hospital has volunteered to provide cost estimates for scheduled hospital procedures within three business days, the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems announced yesterday. The policy will primarily help uninsured and out-of-network patients, since most insured…