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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today approved the Mental Health Reform Act (S. 2680). Among other provisions, the bill would establish a chief medical officer at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to promote the use of evidence-based…
Bigger is not better when it comes to the proposed mergers of health insurers Aetna and Humana and Anthem and Cigna, a panel of consumer and advocacy representatives said today, citing the potential for higher prices, lower quality and diminished service for consumers.
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission yesterday released its March report to Congress on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The report focuses on Medicaid and CHIP support for safety net hospitals, delivery of care for people with behavioral health…
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday released its March report to Congress.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today finalized its guidance for primary care physicians prescribing opioids to adults for chronic pain in outpatient settings.
House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) today unveiled the committee’s budget plan for fiscal year 2017, which would reduce Medicare spending by $449 billion and Medicaid and other health care spending by $1.03 trillion over 10 years. Overall, the plan would achieve about $7…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today voted 28-19 to approve the Common Sense Savings Act (H.R. 4725), legislation that would cut $30 billion in funding over 10 years from state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs and the federal Prevention and Public Health fund. About $14…
Olympus Corporation of the Americas has issued revised manual reprocessing instructions for its TJF-160F and TJF-160VF duodenoscope models to replace those provided in the original device labeling, the Food and Drug Administration reports. Health care facilities using the duodenoscope models should…
The Food and Drug Administration Friday updated its policies and procedures for review of generic drugs to allow expedited review of applications for new “sole-source” generic drug products. These are drugs for which there is only one approved generic equivalent for a brand-name drug.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality today released TeamSTEPPS for Office-Based Care, a version of the evidence-based program aimed at optimizing the use of evidence, information, people and resources to achieve the best outcomes for patients in settings such as primary, specialty and…