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The Department of Homeland Security has released a toolkit to help public and private partners promote Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, which begins in November. During the month, DHS will highlight efforts to protect and secure the nation’s critical infrastructure…
The AHA has extended to Oct. 28 the deadline for hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey. The free web-based survey helps AHA measure the impact of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program on hospitals and advocate for needed changes. For more information on the RACTrac…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued updated travel and testing recommendations for pregnant women who live in or travel to Miami-Dade County, FL, or have unprotected sex with someone who has. Pregnant women should consider postponing travel to all areas of Miami-Dade…
An estimated 11.7 million uninsured Americans are eligible for Medicaid or tax credits to purchase coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplaces, according to a report released this week by the Kaiser Family Foundation. That’s about 43% of the more than 27 million Americans under…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Nov. 2 Open Door Forum call on data reporting for the Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Payment System. The call will review how to report data required by the final rule for the payment system, which will be used to set Medicare…
The hospital can be a scary place for anyone – especially children. Big machines, doctors in masks, and new places can seem like monsters to kids. So St. Joseph's Children's Hospital in Tampa has turned to technology to ease its young patients' fears. The hospital has released “…
The Department of Health and Human Services expects 13.8 million people to select a health plan during 2017 open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplaces, about one million more than this year, HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell said today.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today convened a Rural Health Solutions Summit, where agency leaders and health care stakeholders discussed ways to improve access to care in rural America and support innovation in health care delivery.
The Comprehensive Primary Care initiative generated $57.7 million in gross savings for Medicare Parts A and B in 2015, the second year of shared savings results, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced this week. “Further, more than half of participating CPC practices will…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthcare and Public Health Sector Critical Infrastructure Protection Program invites health care leaders to attend its annual partnership meeting Oct. 24-25 in Washington, D.C. The program works with public and private partners to protect…