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The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet held a hearing today on “Advancing Telehealth Through Connectivity.” Witnesses all agreed that telehealth is helping to lower costs and improve outcomes for patients with limited access to medical…
Hospitals and long-term care facilities should not serve or sell any ice cream products made by Blue Bell Creameries, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today, noting that the company has expanded its recall to include all products made at any of its facilities. CDC and the Food…
A lack of comprehensive data on health status, treatment patterns and outcomes is one of the key challenges facing safety net hospitals as they strive to implement new health care delivery and payment models in the post-Affordable Care Act era of health care transformation, said panelists at a…
The AHA and Federation of American Hospitals today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Kentucky Supreme Court decision that would thwart Congress’ intent that the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 protect health care providers’ reports to patient safety…
Cardinal Health Inc. has agreed to resolve charges that it illegally monopolized 25 local markets for the sale and distribution of low-energy radiopharmaceuticals and forced hospitals and clinics to pay inflated prices for these drugs, the Federal Trade Commission announced today.
State public health surveillance capacity in 2013 was at its highest level in more than a decade, according to a report released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 2,752 epidemiologists worked for the 50 states and District of Columbia, or 0.87 per 100,000…
The National Minority Quality Forum today presented its Booker T. Washington Award to University Hospitals in Cleveland for its efforts to promote diversity at all levels, focus on supplier diversity and reduce health care disparities. University Hospitals CEO Thomas Zenty III accepted the award at…
The National Minority Quality Forum today presented its Booker T. Washington Award to University Hospitals in Cleveland for its efforts to promote diversity at all levels, focus on supplier diversity and reduce health care disparities.University Hospitals CEO Thomas Zenty III accepted the award at…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2016. The rule would increase rates by 1.1% in FY 2016 compared to FY 2015, after accounting for inflation and other adjustments required by law.