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Premiums for 2019 qualified health plans in the individual health insurance market are about 6 percent higher than they would be without the effective repeal of the individual mandate penalty and the expansion of short-term and association health plans,
Hospitals that left the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program this year treated more medically complex and Medicaid patients and had lower joint-replacement volumes, according to a study published online this week in JAMA Internal Medicine.
An estimated 37.1 percent of U.S. adults received a flu vaccine during the 2017-18 flu season, down from 43.3 percent during the prior flu season.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comments through Dec. 31 on potential options the agency may consider for testing changes to payment for certain separately payable Part B drugs and biologicals.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights today announced guidance and a public education campaign highlighting how federal nondiscrimination laws apply to opioid use disorder treatment and recovery services.
Medicaid enrollment declined an average 0.6 percent in fiscal year 2018, largely due to a strengthening economy.
The Office of the Surgeon General, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, plans to produce a report on how private-sector investments in community health can improve the health and prosperity of communities.
The Texas A&M University Rural and Community Health Institute recently received a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to create a technical advisory center for vulnerable rural hospitals.
AHA and member hospitals yesterday told a federal court that court-ordered targets for reducing the backlog of Medicare appeals at the Administrative Law Judge level remain crucial for ensuring a maintenance of effort by the Department of Health and Human Services.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today added to Nursing Home Compare 2017 data for five measures from the Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program