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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule with comment period implementing additional program integrity requirements for health care providers and suppliers who participate in certain federal health insurance programs.
Black, American Indian and Alaska Native women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women, and this disparity increases with age, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers reported today.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a number of efforts underway to support North Carolina in response to Hurricane Dorian.
As American health care continues to transform, hospitals and health systems are leading the way forward, fueling innovation and delivering greater value to patients, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack wrote today in an advertorial in the Wall Street Journal.
A federal judge yesterday approved CVS Health’s $69 billion acquisition of Aetna. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, who asked to review the case.
Hospital mergers enhance quality for patients and reduce costs, according to a Charles River Associates study released today.
The Department of Health and Human Services today announced more than $1.8 billion in funding to states to combat the opioid crisis by expanding access to treatment and supporting near real-time data.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has awarded 34 organizations grants to help consumers shop for and enroll in health coverage as navigators in states with federally-facilitated health insurance exchanges.
ONC yesterday selected the Sequoia Project to maintain the Common Agreement component of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement.
The Department of Health and Human Services has declared public health emergencies in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina as Hurricane Dorian continues to move closer to the Southeast coast.