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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a proposed rule that would allow organizations approved as qualified entities to confidentially share or sell analyses of Medicare and private claims data to health care providers, employers and others to support improved care. The…
President Obama yesterday established a federal task force to recommend how to speed new treatments and a cure for cancer, an initiative announced in his recent State of the Union address. Chaired by Vice President Joe Biden and funded by the National Institutes of Health, the White House Cancer…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday posted to Home Health Compare the first star ratings for home health patients’ experience of care.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has updated its Opioid Overdose Toolkit. The publication offers information and resources to help first responders, prescribers, patients/families and community members prevent opioid overdose. According to the agency, more than 28,000…
Baxter International Inc. has recalled four lots of intravenous solutions due to the potential for leaking containers and particulate matter, the Food and Drug Administration announced this week. Hospital and other customers should not use the products and should return them to Baxter for…
Thirty-one travel-associated cases of Zika virus have been detected in 11 states and the District of Columbia since 2015, Anne Schuchat, M.D., principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a media briefing today, adding that information on the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued a final rule that implements statutorily-required changes pertaining to home health services covered by Medicaid. Similar to Medicare guidelines, authorization of home health services under Medicaid will require physicians to…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released a proposed rule that would make technical changes to the way financial targets are calculated for accountable care organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. CMS proposes to account for differences in regional health…
More than 8.9 million people selected a 2016 health plan between Nov. 1 and Jan. 23 in the 38 states using HealthCare.gov for open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplaces, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported yesterday. The total includes more than 103,000 people…
Nursing leader Linda Burnes Bolton will receive the Health Research & Educational Trust's 2016 TRUST Award at the Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit July 17 in San Diego. Burnes Bolton is chief nurse executive, vice president for nursing, chief nursing officer and director of nursing…