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Senate politics and procedures are likely to produce an "utterly different version" of the American Health Care Act than what passed the House last week, AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels said today, discussing the legislation's outlook at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting in a session with…
FBI Director James Comey today encouraged hospital and health system leaders to work closely with the FBI on reporting cyberattacks. “We will be open and honest with you and treat you as what you are: victims,” Comey said at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting. He said collaboration…
Citing progress that the Department of Veterans Affairs is making toward improving patient care, VA Secretary David Shulkin today said the agency’s key priorities are to give veterans greater choices about where they can receive care, modernize the system, focus its resources more efficiently…
Americans deserve health care legislation that lowers premiums and allows for affordable, adequate coverage of preexisting conditions, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) today told hospital leaders at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting.
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) today told hospital and health system leaders that the American Health Care Act would give states the flexibility to tailor their medical programs to their most vulnerable residents. As the bill moves to the Senate, Burgess, who is chairman of the House Energy and…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a tool to help clinicians determine if they must participate this year in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, one of two new payment pathways for clinicians under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
Pregnant women without Zika virus symptoms who have lived in or traveled to areas with Zika transmission should receive nucleic acid testing for Zika at least once per trimester, in addition to the previously recommended immunoglobulin M testing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said…
Anthem today asked the Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court decision blocking the health insurer’s proposed acquisition of Cigna.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted the annual updates to its electronic clinical quality measures for hospitals and eligible professionals for calendar year 2018 electronic reporting for CMS quality reporting and incentive programs. CMS updates the…
President Trump yesterday nominated as assistant secretary for legislation at the Department of Health and Human Services Matthew Bassett, who currently serves on the board of directors for the Access Tennessee Health Insurance Pool. Prior to his nomination, Bassett was a senior executive for…