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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today approved the Mental
Bigger is not better when it comes to the proposed mergers of health insurers Aetna and Humana and Anthem and Cigna, a panel of consumer and advocacy representatives said today, citing the potentia
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission yesterday released its March
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday released its March rep
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today finalized its guidance for primary car
House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) today unveiled the committee’s budget plan for fiscal year 2017, which woul
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today voted 28-19 to approve the Common Sense Savings Act (
Olympus Corporation of the Americas has issued revised manual reprocessing instructions for its TJF-160F and TJF-160VF duodenoscope models to replace those provided in the original device labeling,
The Food and Drug Administration Friday updated it
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality today released TeamSTEPPS
The Utah legislature last week approved legislation to expand Medicaid eligibility to about 16,000 low-income uninsured adults in fiscal year 2017. Gov.
The Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, a forum initiated by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell last March to advance health care payment models that promote quality an
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week issued an
The Veterans Choice Program is designed to help community providers care for veterans, but billing and payment issues can arise. Call 877-881-7618 for assistance.
Medicaid expansion in Colorado has added 31,074 jobs and $3.8 billion to the state’s economy in the two years since implementation, according to a
Connecticut hospitals invested $1.5 billion in community benefit initiatives in 2014, according to a new
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will add about 1,900 diagnosis codes and 3,651 hospital inpatient procedure codes to the ICD-10 codin
The Health Resources and Services Administration today awarded $94 million in grants to 271
About 39% of the 12.7 million Americans who signed up or were automatically enrolled in a 2016 health plan during open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplaces were new consumers, according