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The Alliance for Addiction Payment Reform, of which the AHA is a member, is partnering with health care providers and payers to test an alternative payment model for addiction treatment and recovery in Connecticut, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington, D.C.
Sens. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., today introduced legislation that would prohibit using federal funds to implement, administer or enforce the Department of Homeland Security’s public charge rule.
Based on guidelines used by the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to assess market competition, 75% of U.S. commercial health insurance markets were highly concentrated in 2018, up from 71% in 2014.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today activated its Emergency Operations Center to enhance the inter-agency response to the outbreak of lung injuries associated with e-cigarette use.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should make its proposed Medicare bundled payment model for radiation oncology voluntary, delay the start date and “balance the risk versus reward equation much more appropriately,” AHA told the agency.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao last week named a committee to advise Congress and the departments of Health and Human Services and Transportation on issues relating to air ambulance services and patient billing.
Rebates reduced the growth in Medicare Part D spending for brand-name drugs between 2011 and 2015, but spending for brand-name drugs with rebates still grew by $2 billion or over the five-year period
The AHA and five other hospital groups today filed a friend-of-the court brief urging the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington to prevent the Department of Homeland Security’s public charge rule from taking effect Oct. 15.
The Drug Enforcement Administration this week proposed reducing aggregate production quotas for five opioid controlled substances in 2020.
NASEM will hold a public workshop Sept. 19 on population health improvement models.