As urged by the AHA and others, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services advisory panel today recommended that the agency not finalize for 2018 a proposal that would drastically cut Medi
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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response has released several new
President Trump Friday signed into law the FDA Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2430).
Commenting today on the proposed rule updating the clinician quality payment program for 2018, AHA applauded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for responding to its long-standing req
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued answers to frequently asked questi
The Health Resources and Services Administration has provided an update on its new 340B Office of Pharmacy
The Trump administration has indicated it will make this month's cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurers, according to news reports yesterday.
The Health Resources and Services Administration today proposed delaying until July
Hospitals in the Inpatient Quality Reporting Program can review their calendar year 2017 data for three clinical episode-based payment measures through Sept.
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday
Health care quality continued to improve overall through 2015, with notable gains in patient safety and person-centered care, according to the latest annual
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today unveiled its Hospice Compare website, which initially shows how more th
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently agreed to allow the New Hamp
The adolescent death rate from drug overdoses increased to 3.7 per 100,000 in 2015 after gradually declining to 3.1 from a high of 4.2 per 100,000 in 2007, according to a new
Limited evidence suggests that cannabis may alleviate neuropathic pain in some patients, but insufficient evidence exists for other types of chronic pain, according to a
Terry Horton, M.D., saw an opportunity for early intervention.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a proposed rule that would
If federal payments to reduce out-of-pocket costs for low-income individuals purchasing coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplaces were to end, premiums for silver-level plans would be 20%
Acute-care hospitals will be required to report on at least four, rather than six, self-selected electronic clinical quality measures for ORYX performance measure reporting in calendar year 2017, t