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Anthem is terminating its merger agreement with Cigna after a Delaware court denied the health insurer’s request for a temporary restraining order to stop Cigna from terminating the agreement.
President Trump yesterday issued an executive order on strengthening the cybersecurity of federal networks and critical infrastructure, which includes hospitals and health systems.
The nation’s governors yesterday urged Congress to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program for five years, at the current enhanced federal matching rate. “Certainty of funding in the near-term is needed so that states may appropriately budget and plan for their upcoming fiscal…
Physicians and teaching hospitals may review and dispute 2016 payments reported to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Open Payments program through May 15. Applicable drug and medical device makers and group purchasing organizations must annually report certain payments made to…
President Trump yesterday named to chair his Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. The president also named to the bipartisan commission North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper; Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker; former U.S. Rep.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a May 23 webinar for hospital epidemiologists on resource management and priority setting during infectious disease outbreaks. Part of an Outbreak Response Training Program developed by CDC with the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of…
Hospital and nursing leaders today joined the AHA and its American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) subsidiary for a National Hospital Week and National Nurses Week Twitter chat recognizing the more than 5.7 million people that work in America’s hospitals and health systems.
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has released draft guidance to help health care organizations secure wireless infusion pumps.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday extended until March 17, 2022 the transition period for states to demonstrate compliance with new Medicaid criteria for home and community-based settings. “Medicaid programs are strongest when states have time to engage with…
The Senate yesterday voted 57-42 to approve President Trump’s nomination of Scott Gottlieb, M.D., as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Gottlieb most recently was a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and venture partner at New Enterprise Associates. He…