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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today published a proposed rule to limit states’ ability to increase or create new pass-through payments for hospitals, physicians or nursing homes under Medicaid managed care contracts. In a May final rule that modernized…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Dec. 12 update call on its reopened settlement offer for hospitals appealing denials of certain inpatient status claims. While similar to the agency’s 2014 settlement offer, this time CMS will provide partial payment equal to…
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants can begin the 24 hours of required training to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders, the Department of Health and Human Services announced this week. HHS’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…
Cancer will overtake heart disease as the leading cause of death in the U.S. by 2020 if trends continue, according to new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Using mortality data, population estimates and population projections, CDC researchers predicted age-…
While the number of potentially preventable deaths in the U.S. declined overall from 2010 to 2014, potentially preventable deaths from unintentional injuries increased 23%, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rise was largely driven by deaths related…
Between 2010 and 2014, obesity rates improved for low-income children enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, falling from 15.9% to 14.5% among 2 to 4 year olds, according to new data the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Department…
The Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development recently released a new skill-building platform for health care strategists. Based on skills and attributes outlined in the society report “Bridging Worlds: The Future Role of the Healthcare Strategist,” the SHSMD ADVANCE…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released application program interfaces to help clinicians implement the Quality Payment Program mandated by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. Developers can use the APIs to build software applications to help…
Alcohol and drug misuse and related disorders are major public health challenges that are taking an enormous toll on individuals, families and society, according to a report released today by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D. For example, nearly 21 million Americans suffer from substance…
As the nation celebrates National Rural Health Day, the AHA Stat blog looks at the AHA’s legislative priorities for rural hospitals during the “lame duck” Congress.