More than 300 established generic drugs under Medicare Part D had at least one price increase of 100% or more between first-quarter 2010 and first-quarter 2015, according to a
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The Department of Health and Human Services anticipates using all 2015 risk corridors program collections to pay 2014 benefits, the agency
It remains unclear how a family contact who cared for an elderly Utah resident with travel-related Zika virus became infected, according to
Quality Improvement Organizations today resumed claim audits under the two-midnight inpatient admissions policy, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Global supplies of an isotope used in medical diagnostic imaging will fall substantially when a Canadian reactor stops producing it at the end of October, according to a
Based on national surveys, most enrollees who obtained coverage through the health insurance exchanges were satisfied overall with their qualified health plans in 2014 through 2016, according to a
The AHA seeks nominations through Sept. 23 for its 2017 Hospital Awards for Volunteer Excellence.
When Bon Secours Hampton Roads (Va.) Health System’s healthy community initiative began in Norfolk’s East Ocean View neighborhood seven years ago, the prospects for reviving this coasta
The Congressional Budget Office yesterday released a report examining hospital finances over the next decade under several s
The Government Accountability Office today released a report examining key policy and data considerations should policymake
The Joint Commission will require acute-care hospitals to report on five chart-abstracted measures and six electronic clinical quality measures for ORYX performance measure reporting in 2017.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is conducting through Sept.
The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement bundled payment program may unintentionally penalize hospitals because it lacks a mechanism, such as risk adjustment, to sufficiently account for patien
While hospitals in the Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program receive patient experience points based on achievement, improvement and consistency, additional emphasis on improvement point
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is accepting applications through Nov.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will give physicians and other clinicians more options in the first year to comply with the new quality payment program being instituted under the M
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released a final rule bolster
The Department of Health and Human Services today awarded $350,0
Hospitals and health systems, health care practices, community-based organizations and others can apply through Nov.
Physicians spent 27% of their office day on direct clinical face time with patients and 49% of their time on electronic health records and desk work, according to a