CMS offering training for Phase 1 Implementation of new nursing home regulations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is developing online training for Regional Offices (RO), State Survey Agencies...
ODPHP updates targets for health care-associated infections within acute care hospitals
The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) has announced updated 2020 targets for the reduction of health...
SDAHO participates in CMS Rural Health Solutions Summit
Members and staff from SDAHO recently participated along with more than 650 other attendees from across the country in...
HHS expects 13.8M to sign up for insurance plans during enrollment period
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell says HHS expects 13.8 million people to have selected a...
AHA hosting open enrollment webcast with HHS secretary
The American Hospital Association will host a special webcast on open enrollment with HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell on...
Vaccine code for Medicare not yet in Common Working File
Noridian Healthcare Solutions says that Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) are having issues with the new flu vaccine code 90674,...
IHS names Great Plains deputy chief medical officer
Indian Health Service (IHS) has named Mechele Peterson as deputy chief medical officer for the Great Plains region, according...
CMS releases final rule implementing MACRA provisions of Medicare physician payment system
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Friday morning released its final rule implementing provisions of the...
CMS announces initiative to increase clinician engagement, reduce medical review for certain advanced APMs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday announced a new initiative to improve the clinician experience...
AHA: Study finds 38 percent rise in inpatient drug costs
A new study from the University of Chicago’s NORC has found that inpatient hospital drug costs per admission increased...
