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Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica鈥檚 attention to hunger as a health issue has spurred on an ambitious effort to end food insecurity and poverty in one of the city鈥檚 most disadvantaged neighborhoods.
The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (H.R. 372), AHA-supported legislation to repeal the antitrust exemption available to health insurers for anticompetitive conduct, including price fixing, bid rigging and market allocation.鈥
National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn yesterday named as special assistant to the president for health care policy Brian Blase, who previously worked as a senior research fellow for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. From 2011 through 2015, Blase worked as a senior health鈥
Nearly 16.2 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Dec. 31, 2016, increasing total enrollment in the programs by more than 28% since the start of the first open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplace, according to a鈥
H. Robert Cathcart, administrator at Philadelphia鈥檚 Pennsylvania Hospital for 43 years until his retirement in 1991, and a health care leader who helped shape AHA policy, died earlier today in Waverly, a Philadelphia suburb. He was 92.
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney today released the president鈥檚 budget blueprint to federal agencies for review, which includes draft top-line numbers for discretionary spending only. "This is not a full-blown budget,鈥 Mulvaney said during a press briefing.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks input through March 28 on a draft pediatric care model concept for children and youth covered by Medicaid and the State Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, M.D., will address the 2017 AHA Annual Membership Meeting, on Monday, May 8. Confirmed by the Senate as VA secretary this month, Shulkin previously served as VA under secretary for health since July 2015. His diverse health care background includes鈥
Many people receiving buprenorphine to treat opioid addiction fill prescriptions for other opioids during or after treatment, according to a study by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, reported last week in the journal Addiction. The study looked at pharmacy claims for more than鈥
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a free webinar March 16 on strategies to prevent venous thromboembolism, also known as blood clots. Michael Streiff, M.D., will share lessons learned from the Johns Hopkins VTE Collaborative. To register for the 60-minute webinar, which鈥