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Inpatient hospital drug costs increased more than 38% per admission between 2013 and 2015, according to a new report from the University of Chicago’s NORC, an independent research institution. According to the analysis of inpatient drug pricing data from 712 community hospitals and two group…
St. Jude Medical has recalled 13 models of its implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators because the batteries may fail earlier than expected, the Food and Drug Administration reported today. Health care providers should not implant any unused…
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s proposed rule that would establish an administrative dispute resolution process for the 340B Drug Pricing Program “is an important first step for 340B hospitals and clinics that have been overcharged for drugs purchased through the program,” but…
The National Academy of Medicine today released a report on data sources for social risk factors that affect the health outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries, and strategies to collect data on these indicators. Requested by the Department of Health and Human Services, the report identifies three…
The AHA today released a tool to help hospitals and their clinician partners prepare for the proposed Jan. 1 start of the Quality Payment Program, created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
Medicaid expansion was associated with significant declines in uncompensated care costs and increases in Medicaid revenue in 2014 among hospitals in 19 states that expanded Medicaid early that year under the Affordable Care Act, according to a study reported today in the Journal of the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Rural Health Solutions Summit Oct. 19 at its headquarters in Baltimore. Participants will include CMS leadership, the CMS Rural Health Council and stakeholders from all sectors of the health care field, who will “engage in in-…
The AABB is urging eligible donors across the country to donate blood and platelets as soon as possible. Hurricane Matthew, which lashed Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas over the past few days, forced the cancellation of numerous blood drives. “We are asking all potential donors, both…
Ruth Padilla Portacci, principal of Healthcare Strategy Partners, Inc., will be the 2017 president of the Board of Directors of the Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development, the group recently announced during its annual meeting in Chicago. Ben Dillon, chief strategy officer for…
The Association for the Healthcare Environment last week presented its 2015 Recognition Awards for excellence in caring for the environment, volunteer service, mentorship and environmental sustainability during its annual conference in Philadelphia. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, NH, was…