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The hepatitis C infection rate among women giving birth rose 400% between 2000 and 2015 to 4.1 per 1,000 deliveries, according to a study of hospital discharge data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The AHA yesterday co-hosted a first-of-its-kind regional cybersecurity workshop with the North Carolina Healthcare Association and South Carolina Hospital Association.
AHA yesterday urged the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to release a “more granular assessment of the hospital-level impacts” of its potential changes to the Indirect Medical Education program.
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday awarded $20.5 million to develop vaccine candidates for Marburg virus and Sudan ebolavirus, which are in the same family of viruses as the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
About 78% of patients at federally operated Indian Health Service hospitals and health centers reported having health coverage in fiscal year 2018, up from 64% in FY 2013, according to a report released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office.
The Food and Drug Administration today recommended medical device manufacturers, health care providers and patients take certain actions to reduce the risk that a remote attacker could exploit a set of cybersecurity vulnerabilities to control a medical device or prevent it from functioning.
States can apply to participate in an Affordable Care Act demonstration program to implement wellness programs in their individual health insurance market, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday.
The Medicare Shared Savings Program generated $739.4 million in total net savings across 548 accountable care organizations in 2018, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma announced yesterday.
The Department of Health and Human Services through June 30 has reduced by 25% its backlog of Medicare appeals at the Administrative Law Judge level, according to a status report the agency recently provided to a federal court.
President Trump Friday signed a continuing resolution that funds the federal government through Nov. 21 and delays impending Medicaid cuts, among other provisions.