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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today announced proposed changes to the Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug programs for calendar year 2016, which would reduce payments by a net 0.95%. When combined with expected growth in plan risk scores due to coding, CMS…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late this afternoon issued a final rule establishing the 2016 benefit and payment parameters standards for health insurance issuers and the new Health Insurance Marketplaces. The final rule sets forth payment parameters and provisions related to…
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday announced a Class I recall of all GE Healthcare Magnetic Resonance Imaging systems with superconducting magnets. According to the notice, there are 12,968 of the MRI systems, including 5,708 in the U.S. In a Feb.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Special Open Door Forum Wednesday to provide an overview of standardized data in relation to the quality measures and standardized assessment domains required under the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014.
Individuals and families in states using the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace who are subject to a fee for not having health coverage when they file their 2014 taxes can enroll in 2015 coverage during a special enrollment period March 15 to April 30, the Centers for Medicare…
The Federal Trade Commission and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice will host a public workshop Feb.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today updated its Nursing Home Compare website to reflect a revised star rating system.
The Food and Drug Administration today issued safety recommendations to prevent possible microbial infections from reprocessed reusable duodenoscopes – flexible, lighted tubes that are threaded through the mouth into the small intestine to drain fluids from blocked pancreatic and biliary…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final methodology for determining federal payment amounts to states that establish a Basic Health Program for 2016. According to a CMS factsheet, the final methodology is the same as for 2015, with updated values for several…
The departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture today released for public comment a federal advisory committee’s recommendations for updating the Dietary Guidelines for Americans in 2015.