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The nation continued to strengthen its preparedness in 2015, but some challenges persist and new ones have emerged, according to the 2016 National Preparedness Report by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued a streamlined form for physicians to request expanded access to investigational drugs and biologics for patients with serious or immediately life-threatening diseases and no comparable or satisfactory alternative therapy.
The Department of Labor yesterday awarded $200,000 each to 52 states and territories to expand and expedite registered apprenticeship programs through ApprenticeshipUSA.
The Government Accountability Office yesterday appointed five new members to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission through April 2019.
Hospitals participating in the AHA’s first-quarter 2016 RACTrac survey report appealing 47% of all Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, with 60% found to have no overpayment. Participants said inpatient coding error was the most common reason RACs cited for complex claim denials.
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.33% in May to a seasonally adjusted 5,077,700 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That's 16,500 more people than in April and 192,100 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a free webinar June 9 at 3:30 p.m. ET on infection control and prevention in the outpatient oncology setting. For more information or to register, click here.
The AHA today urged the Food and Drug Administration to expand its proposed study of direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising to include televised and internet advertising and to test the impact of other product information on consumer behavior, such as price and comparative effectiveness…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology yesterday posted transparency attestations and links to mandatory product disclosures by developers of certified health information technology.
Eight organizations have received grants to provide environmental infection control and hazard recognition training to health care and other workers with the potential for exposure to high-risk infectious diseases, the National Institutes of Health announced yesterday.