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The Bipartisan Budget Act retroactively extended the enhanced low-volume payment adjustment, which provides an add-on payment to qualifying low-volume hospitals to help improve access to care in rural areas.
More than 200 people in nine states have reported bleeding or other symptoms associated with exposure to synthetic cannabinoid products containing an anticoagulant agent, including five who died.
Responding today to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services request for information on a proposal to create and test one or more direct provider contracting models through Medicare contracts with primary care practices, AHA said it supports the development of models that improve…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will offer a free course June 9 in Philadelphia for physicians and other health care professionals who care for pregnant women with opioid use disorder and substance-exposed infants
The Senate Finance Committee yesterday unanimously advanced President Trump’s nomination of John Bartrum to serve as assistant secretary for financial resources in the Department of Health and Human Services.
The National Center for Healthcare Leadership is accepting nominations through June 8 for the 2018 Gail L. Warden Leadership Excellence Award.
The Senate Finance Committee today held a hearing on “Rural Health Care in America: Challenges and Opportunities.”
The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved five bills to address the opioid crisis, which include provisions aimed at increasing participation in drug take-back programs, strengthening Drug Enforcement Administration discretion in setting opioid quotas, and reducing demand for illicit narcotics.
The AHA today submitted comments on the Food and Drug Administration’s Medical Device Safety Action Plan.
The Senate Finance Committee yesterday introduced 22 bipartisan bills to address the opioid crisis in Medicare, Medicaid and human services programs.