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The share of U.S. infants born before 37 weeks of pregnancy fell by one-tenth of a percentage point in 2013, to 11.4%, the seventh annual decline, according to the latest annual report by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. The report summarizes national indicators of…
The Department of Health and Human Services recently recognized more than 730 hospitals and transplant centers for their outstanding voluntary efforts to promote organ donation in the fourth year of the Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Organ Donation Campaign. Hospitals were awarded…
The Department of Health and Human Services today launched an online course to help clinicians prevent falls in older patients, and plans to release a curriculum next year to help health care workers and family members care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.
The House today voted 344-77 to approve the 21st Century Cures Act, H.R. 6. The legislation is intended to overhaul drug development.Among other provisions, the bill would provide $1.75 billion per year for the National Institutes of Health and $110 million per year for the Food and Drug…
The House of Representatives today voted 344-77 to approve the 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 6). Among other provisions, the bill would provide $1.75 billion per year for the National Institutes of Health and $110 million per year for the Food and Drug Administration through a five-year, fully…
The departments of the Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services today finalized regulations regarding coverage of certain preventive services without cost sharing under the Affordable Care Act.
President Obama yesterday announced his intent to nominate Andy Slavitt for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator. Currently CMS’s principal deputy administrator, Slavitt has served as acting administrator since Marilyn Tavenner stepped down in March.
Based on a review of new safety information, the Food and Drug Administration yesterday announced it is strengthening an existing label warning that non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increase the chance of a heart attack or stroke. Available by prescription and over the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will provide an update on ICD-10 implementation during a National Provider Call Aug. 27 at 2:30 p.m. ET. Experts from the AHA and American Health Information Management Association also will offer coding guidance and tips during the call. To register…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today proposed a new payment model that would bundle payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery. Under the proposed five-year Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model, the hospital in which the joint replacement…