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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week published a Request for Information related to certification of health information technology, including electronic health record products used for reporting to CMS quality programs such as the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting…
Hospitals will need adequate time to develop and operationalize policies and procedures for implementing requirements under the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act, AHA told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in comments submitted today.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week issued a final rule establishing a prior authorization process for certain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies that are “frequently subject to unnecessary utilization.” According to CMS, the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued its draft letter to insurers describing 2017 certification requirements for Qualified Health Plans in federally-facilitated marketplaces or the Small Business Health Options program, similar to policies outlined in its proposed…
President Obama signed into law on Dec. 18 AHA-supported legislation (S. 1461) that delays through December 2015 enforcement of direct supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services provided in critical access hospitals and certain small, rural hospitals. The bill passed the House of…
More than 8.5 million people selected a 2016 health plan through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace between Nov. 1 and Dec. 26, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced last week. About 71% of the plan selections were by 2015 enrollees who were renewing…
Nearly 8.3 million people selected a 2016 health plan through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace between Nov. 1 and Dec. 19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday. About 71% of the plan selections were by 2015 enrollees who were renewing…
Forty drugs accounted for 71% of Medicare spending for drugs administered in physician and hospital outpatient settings last year, according to a dashboard released this week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The White House yesterday released a federal plan to improve domestic and international capacity and collaboration to combat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
U.S. births rose 1% in 2014 to nearly 4 million, the first increase since 2007, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Birth rates rose 3% for Asian/Pacific Islander women and 1% for white women, and declined 9% for teens, 3% for American Indian…