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About 11.4 million consumers selected or were re-enrolled in a health plan during 2015 open enrollment, according to preliminary data released today by the Department of Health and Human Services. The total includes 8.6 million who signed up in 37 states using the HealthCare.gov platform and 2…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tomorrow will host a webinar for clinicians on the U.S. measles situation. Other topics include clinical guidelines for patient assessment and management, and age-appropriate vaccination recommendations for U.S. residents and travelers. For more…
Most states are assuming federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program will continue in fiscal year 2016, but many have started to consider potential scenarios if federal funding is not extended, according to a survey of CHIP directors released yesterday by the National…
The Health Resources and Services Administration will host a Feb. 25 webinar for small and rural hospitals on the Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Campaign.
Overall hospital prices declined 0.5% in January, and were 0.1% less than a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Prices for the subgroup of general medical and surgical hospitals declined 0.6%, and were 0.1% less than in January 2014, according to the BLS' Producer Price Indices…
The winter edition of AHA's Great Boards newsletter is now available and focuses on two issues: aligning governance and business models and executive compensation. In addition, a new tool on the Great Boards website aims to help hospital boards and leaders identify initiatives that have donor…
The AHA recently recommended specific changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) to encourage accountable care organizations (ACO) to invest in the infrastructure necessary to successfully take on risk. More than 400 organizations participate in the MSSP and provide care to some 7.2…
The AHA recently recommended specific changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) to encourage accountable care organizations (ACO) to invest in the infrastructure necessary to successfully take on risk.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has posted four online training videos developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine to help emergency department personnel identify, triage and briefly manage patients who might have Ebola.
Open enrollment in the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace concluded Sunday, but those who tried to enroll for the first time and couldn’t finish may have until Feb. 22 to get coverage, according to a blog post yesterday at HealthCare.gov. To qualify, the applicant must…