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The Health Resources and Services Administration is accepting applications through April 8 for fiscal year 2016 grants to support telehealth services for school-based health centers in rural, frontier and underserved communities. Hospitals may sponsor the health centers and be part of the…
PENTAX has issued revised manual reprocessing instructions for its ED-3490TK Video Duodenoscope to replace those provided in the original device labeling, the Food and Drug Administration reports. Health care facilities using the duodenoscope should train staff on the new validated instructions and…
The AHA today launched an online resource to help hospital and physician leaders prepare for coming changes to the Medicare physician payment system. Section 101 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 replaced the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate methodology for updates to the…
By Mary Ellen CallahanOver the past few weeks, several health care companies and hospitals have been hit by ransomware. For example, when patients walked into one hospital, they were greeted with the information that the hospital had no access to email, some patient data was inaccessible, and other…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today announced proposed changes to the Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug programs for calendar year 2017, which would increase payment rates by a net 1.35%. When combined with expected growth in plan risk scores, CMS…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued updated guidelines for U.S. health care providers caring for infants and children with possible Zika virus infection.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes to establish a demonstration project that would require prior authorization for Medicare fee-for-service coverage of home health services in Florida, Texas, Illinois, Michigan and Massachusetts, according to a recent CMS notice. The…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released additional guidance on the new sepsis/septic shock measure (SEP-1) for hospitals participating in the inpatient quality reporting program. Available at www.qualitynet.org, the guidance clarifies the data elements for the chart-abstracted…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Department of Homeland Security today removed enhanced visa and port-of-entry screening for travelers from Guinea, which the World Health Organization declared free of Ebola transmission on Dec. 29. Travelers departing Guinea will remain subject to…
Eighteen percent of adults under age 65 reported visiting a hospital emergency department at least once in 2014, about the same as in 2013, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 35.2% of the ED visitors reported having Medicaid coverage,…