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Spending on prescription drugs rose by 12.6% in 2014 and is projected to rise by an average 7.3% annually through 2018, according to a new report by the Department of Health and Human Services. The total number of prescriptions rose about 11% between 2010 and 2014, while expenditures rose 26%…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released a proposed rule to test new models for how Medicare Part B pays for prescription drugs provided in physician offices and hospital outpatient departments. Medicare Part B currently pays physicians and HOPDs the average sales price…
The Department of Health and Human Services is arranging and funding shipments of blood products from the continental United States to Puerto Rico, the first of which arrived Saturday, to ensure an adequate supply of safe blood as the island experiences active Zika virus transmission.
The National Fire Protection Association is accepting comments through May 16 on proposed revisions to its Life Safety Code and Health Care Facilities Code for 2018. The LSC includes general requirements for all new and existing buildings, while the HCFC contains more detailed provisions for health…
A recent proposal that calls for reducing the benefits of the 340B Drug Pricing Program to curb rapidly rising prescription drug costs is “misguided,” writes AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels in an AHASTAT blog post today.
The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum has released proceedings from its annual educational session, which focused on physician organization governance. Presented after last year’s Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit in San Francisco, the session highlighted findings from a study by the…
By Pete Davis The South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) – like many state, regional and metropolitan hospital associations across the U.S. – is engaged in a number of efforts to encourage support for AHA’s #123forEquity Pledge to Eliminate Health Care Disparities. Those…
Physician practices each week spend more than 15 hours per physician to track and report quality measures for Medicare, Medicaid and private health insurers at an estimated cost of at least $15.4 billion a year, according to a survey reported today in Health Affairs. The most time – 12.5…
Hospitals eligible for incentive payments for meaningful use of electronic health records are more likely than ineligible hospitals to have at least a basic EHR system, meet Stage 1 criteria for meaningful use and exchange health information electronically, according to a study reported today…
A National Academy of Medicine committee today proposed a framework and conceptual model for educating health professionals in the U.S. and abroad to address the social determinants of health.