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The average price per milliliter of insulin increased by 197% between 2002 and 2013 to $12.92, according to a study reported today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The authors analyzed individual and prescription-level data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to…
William Petasnick, president and CEO emeritus of Froedtert Health in Milwaukee, will receive the AHA’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, at the association’s Annual Membership Meeting May 1-4 in Washington, D.C. In addition, Sandra Bennett Bruce, past president and CEO of…
The AHA on May 2 will present Hospital Awards for Volunteer Excellence to four extraordinary hospital volunteer programs for their positive impact on patients, hospitals, health systems and communities. The honorees are: the “Doula Volunteer Program,” Sutter Davis (CA) Hospital/Sutter…
The AHA and AMGA are offering a new fellowship to help member hospitals and health systems with employed physicians move to a more integrated system of care to manage population health and succeed in new physician payment models coming in 2019 under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today announced final changes to the Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug programs for calendar year 2017, which will increase payment rates in aggregate by a net 0.85%. When combined with expected growth in plan risk scores, CMS…
The Obama administration today released a final report projecting the impact of climate change on U.S. public health. The anticipated health risks include increased air pollution and allergens, premature deaths from extreme heat, Lyme disease, water-related illnesses and food contamination,…
Incorporating patient and family preferences and medical needs into Medicare’s five-star rating system for nursing homes results in substantially different rankings, according to a study reported today in Health Affairs.
The Food and Drug Administration today released preliminary recommendations for a coordinating center that will be charged with developing a national medical device evaluation system. The recommendations were developed by a planning board composed of representatives from federal agencies,…
The National Cancer Institute today announced a Blue Ribbon Panel of scientific experts, cancer leaders and patient advocates that will inform its goals for the vice president’s National Cancer Moonshot Initiative. The panel will serve as a working group of the presidentially appointed…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Strategic National Stockpile last month began delivering an initial 5,000 Zika prevention kits to Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa, and plans to distribute a second round of kits in the coming weeks, according to Stephen…