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President Obama Saturday signed a continuing resolution (H.R. 2028) funding federal programs through April 28, preventing a government shutdown after the previous CR expired Friday at midnight. The Senate voted 63-36 Friday to approve the measure, which includes $872 million to fight opioid abuse…
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement will work with the AHA and others to develop and test a prototype to transform care for older adults. Using a $3.19 million grant from the John A.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission this week discussed draft recommendations that would forgo increases in or reduce Medicare payment rates in 2018 for home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals, with a final vote slated…
No new cases of local Zika virus transmission have been identified in the previously designated area of South Miami Beach, FL, for more than 45 days, suggesting that the risk of Zika virus infection is no longer greater than in the rest of Miami-Dade County, the Centers for Disease Control and…
Flu vaccination prevented an estimated 5.1 million flu-associated illnesses, 2.5 million flu-associated medical visits and 71,000 flu-associated hospitalizations during the 2015-2016 flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported today. Flu vaccination rates last season…
Five health care foundations today released an online resource on promising approaches to improving health outcomes for patients with complex medical, behavioral and social needs. The John A. Hartford Foundation, Peterson Center on Healthcare, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The SCAN…
Hospital and health system leaders are invited to apply through Dec. 15 for the AHA’s Health Care System Transformation Fellowship. The nine-month program is designed to give senior health care leaders knowledge, tools and connections to transform their organizations for success in a rapidly…
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today discussed a draft recommendation that would update payments for hospital inpatient and outpatient services in 2018 as outlined under current law, that is, an estimated 1.85%. In addition, MedPAC discussed a draft recommendation that would require…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted its updated version of the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice, a standard notice that all hospitals and critical access hospitals must provide effective March 8, 2017 to all Medicare beneficiaries who receive outpatient…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Innovation Center today announced two Beneficiary Engagement and Incentives Models that will test different approaches to shared decision making regarding treatment options.