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Oct. 11 is the deadline to apply for the 2016 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize. The award recognizes hospitals that have committed to achieving the Institute of Medicine’s six quality aims, are improving the health status of their communities and provide replicable models for the hospital…
Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana “would further concentrate an already heavily concentrated health insurance industry by eliminating two of the largest five insurers, and result in negative consequences for both health care…
Two Senate committee chairmen and 116 members of the House this week asked the Department of Health and Human Services to refrain from finalizing Stage 3 Meaningful Use requirements for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records programs at this time. Sens.
Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana “would further concentrate an already heavily concentrated health insurance industry by eliminating two of the largest five insurers, and result in negative consequences for both health care…
The U.S. Senate last night approved by unanimous consent AHA-supported legislation (S. 599) to extend the Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration Program, which allows eligible states to pay certain institutions for mental disease for emergency psychiatric care provided to Medicaid…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should do more to ensure that Medicare Advantage organizations offer adequate provider networks to meet enrollees’ needs, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.
Representatives from selected non-federal initiatives working to facilitate electronic health record interoperability say key challenges include insufficient standards, variation in state privacy rules, patient record matching, customization and other costs, and governance/trust-related issues,…
The Department of Health and Human Services today awarded $685 million to 29 “practice transformation networks,” including some hospitals and health systems, and 10 supporting organizations to help clinicians improve patient outcomes and lower costs for Medicare, Medicaid and…
A new National Academy of Medicine program will review the state of health disparities in the United States and identify examples of community-based solutions to address them. The study will begin later this year as part of the Culture of Health Program, which will focus on identifying conditions…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response has awarded a contract to develop an experimental antiviral drug for hospitalized or high-risk flu patients. Studies to date suggest that the drug may provide clinical benefits…