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The Department of Health and Human Services will host an additional webinar Nov. 13 at 1 p.m. ET on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Oct. 6 guidance on COVID-19 data reporting requirements for hospitals that participate in Medicare.
The AHA is accepting applications through Dec. 8 for its 2021 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award, which recognizes hospital efforts to reduce health disparities and advance diversity and inclusion.
Join AHA and AVIA for a Health Equity and Diversity Week discussion about addressing health care disparities.
The Food and Drug Administration released final guidance for pharmacies, federal facilities and outsourcing facilities that compound or repackage drugs or mix, dilute or repackage biological products.
The American Medical Association announced Current Procedural Terminology codes for reporting on medical claims two COVID-19 vaccines and their administration to patients by dose.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Medicare coverage for monoclonal antibody therapies, with no beneficiary cost-sharing for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency. CMS said the coverage will apply to bamlanivimab, the Lilly therapeutic that earned an emergency…
A U.S. district court judge Nov. 3 ordered United Behavioral Health, part of UnitedHealth Group, to reprocess close to 67,000 mental health and substance use disorder benefit claims denied over a six-year period.
The Drug Enforcement Administration published an interim final rule expanding access to medication-assisted treatment under the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act of 2018.
The Senate Committee on Appropriations released all 12 of its fiscal year 2021 funding measures, including the appropriations bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related agencies.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act.