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The average rate increase for benchmark plans in the 2016 Health Insurance Marketplace is 7.5%, according to a new analysis by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The average 2016 premium increase for benchmark plans in the 30 largest markets, representing more than 60% of total…
The age-standardized death rate for all causes combined fell 43% between 1969 and 2013, according to a study reported in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association. Among leading causes of death, age-standardized rates fell by 77% for stroke, 68% for heart disease, 40% for…
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) proposed omnibus guidance for the 340B Drug Pricing Program would jeopardize hospitals’ ability to serve vulnerable populations, including low-income and uninsured individuals and patients receiving cancer treatments, AHA told…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted the final incentive payment adjustment factors for the fiscal year 2016 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, which are being used to adjust base operating Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group payments to eligible hospitals for…
Congress should preserve the 340B Drug Pricing Program to protect access to life-saving medications and services for vulnerable hospital patients, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack writes today in the Congress blog at The Hill. “The exorbitant cost of prescription drugs threatens access…
About 13.6 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Aug. 31, 2015, increasing total enrollment in the programs by 23.6% since the start of the first open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplace, according to a…
Imagine Solutions will host its 2016 leadership conference on Feb. 22 in Naples, FL. The annual conference offers briefings by more than 30 international thought leaders on subjects including health care, education, energy, the economy, the environment, women in leadership, the arts and social…
The U.S. Senate yesterday approved by unanimous consent the bipartisan Protecting Our Infants Act (S. 799). The AHA-supported legislation would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a strategy and recommendations to decrease the number of infants with opioid dependency, and…
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) will host a Nov. 3 webinar for health care organizations on the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s framework for reducing cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure, including the health care sector.
Health care providers, technology vendors and the government must work together to make health information easier and less expensive to share, writes Mitzi Cardenas, chief information officer for Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, MO, and chair of the AHA’s Interoperability Advisory Group…