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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued interpretive guidelines for state survey agencies that will evaluate compliance with new emergency preparedness requirements for hospitals and other providers beginning Nov. 15.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ cybersecurity task force Friday sent Congress its recommendations for improving cybersecurity in the health care sector.
Nearly 100% of clinicians who participated in Advanced Alternative Payment Models in 2016 would qualify for a 2019 incentive payment if they participate in 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Friday in an email update. Eligible clinicians who participate in at least one…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will host a June 8 webinar on strategies to address recent shortages of several injectable drugs used in hospitals and other clinical settings, including sodium bicarbonate injection…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday lifted the “Zika cautionary (yellow) area” designation for Miami-Dade County, FL, citing no new cases of local transmission for more than 45 days.
The AHA and Federation of American Hospitals yesterday expressed strong opposition to the Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act (S. 1133), and any other legislation that would repeal or modify current law to expand self-referral to physician-owned hospitals. The bill was introduced last…
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.15% in May to a seasonally adjusted 5,104,400 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That's 7,400 more people than in April and 95,500 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of fluctuations…
The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum will host a complimentary webinar June 8 on “The Art and Science of Storytelling to Engage and Inspire Health Care Teams.” For more information or to register, click here.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will not update the overall hospital quality star ratings on Hospital Compare in July as scheduled due to data issues with three of the measures included in the safety group score, according to a QualityNet notice yesterday. CMS is working to correct…
The Food and Drug Administration recently authorized the temporary import of a sodium bicarbonate injection product from Australia to address a critical shortage of the drug, commonly used in hospitals to treat a chemical imbalance in the blood. Athenex Pharmaceutical Division will import and…