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Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., yesterday announced the agency’s 2019 agenda to address the opioid epidemic.
The Senate Finance Committee today held the second in a planned series of bipartisan hearings on high prescription drug prices, which featured executives from drug companies AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Pfizer and Sanofi.
The House of Representatives last night passed by voice vote bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the national network of Poison Control Centers.
The FDA, CDC and CMS today launched the Tri-Agency Task Force for Emergency Diagnostics, which will work to rapidly develop and deploy diagnostic tests to clinical and public laboratories in an emergency.
Hospitals participating in the Inpatient Quality Reporting and/or Promoting Interoperability Programs must submit data by Feb. 28 to receive a full payment update in fiscal year 2020.
The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare will hold its 2019 Compassion in Action Healthcare Conference Sept. 8-10 in Boston.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Special Open Door Forum Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. ET on its proposed rule to promote electronic health information exchange.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the 2019 Merit-based Incentive Payment System payment adjustment. The FAQ also links to additional resources on the adjustment, which is based on 2017 MIPS final scores. For additional MIPS…
A treatment protocol to prevent Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections after hospital discharge in patients known to carry the bacteria on their body reduced MRSA infections by 30 percent more than education alone, according to a study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services will partner to create addiction recovery transitional housing in rural communities, the agencies announced recently.