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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks public input to inform potential rulemaking or policies to design a future episode-based payment model. The model would build on lessons learned from other bundled payment models, such as Bundled Payments for Care Improvement, BPCI Advanced,…
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee yesterday passed 17 health-related bills, including legislation that would reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program, and key programs within the Substance Use-Disorder…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 13 released its calendar year 2024 proposed rule for the physician fee schedule. The rule proposes a decrease to the conversion factor by 3.34%, to $32.75 in calendar year 2024, as compared to $33.89 in CY 2023.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 13 issued a proposed rule that would increase Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 2.8% in calendar year 2024 compared to 2023.
Main Line Health in Bryn Mawr, Pa., will receive the 2023 AHA Quest for Quality Prize July 17 at the AHA Leadership Summit in Seattle for its systemwide approach to quality, safety and equity. Atlantic Health System in Morristown, N.J., and University of Chicago Medicine in Chicago also will…
The Food and Drug Administration July 13 approved the first daily oral contraceptive pill (norgestrel) for use in the U.S. without a prescription.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline has added Spanish text and chat services, the Department of Health and Human Services announced July 13.
In response to recent malicious activity identified in a federal civilian agency’s Microsoft 365 audit logs, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI July 12 released guidance to help health care and other critical infrastructure organizations detect similar malicious activity…
Health care engineering professionals will connect to explore new and emerging trends and long-standing issues at the AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering Annual Conference, Aug. 6-9 in San Antonio.
Sonja Rosen, M.D., chief of geriatrics at Cedars-Sinai, discusses the health system’s journey as an Age-Friendly Health System and its multidisciplinary approach to providing quality care for older patients in the midst of a workforce shortage.