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Hospitals and others applying for a hardship exception to the Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program to avoid a 2017 payment adjustment need not submit documentation of their circumstances but should retain it for their own records, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥
The Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development and American College of Healthcare Executives last week released 鈥淔uturescan 2016-2021,鈥 their annual guide to trends affecting the nation鈥檚 health care organizations. The publication features articles by eight thought鈥
Congress should adopt a single broad exception to federal fraud and abuse laws for financial relationships designed to foster collaboration, efficiencies and improvements in health care, the AHA last week told leaders of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees.
Health care providers should initiate antiviral treatment as soon as possible for all patients hospitalized with confirmed or suspected flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today, citing reports of severe respiratory illness or death in young- to middle-aged adults infected with鈥
The Food and Drug Administration today posted updated information on which makers of automated endoscope reprocessors for duodenoscopes have completed validation testing with adequate results.
The Department of Health and Human Services should collect and report hospital-specific data on all types of Medicaid payments for all hospitals that receive them, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission today recommended in its first annual report to Congress on the Medicaid鈥
The World Health Organization today declared Zika virus an international public health emergency. WHO also recommended enhanced surveillance, the development of new diagnostic tools and 鈥渁ggressive measures鈥 to reduce Zika infections, particularly among pregnant women and women of鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today extended through Feb. 16 the deadline to respond to its Request for Information related to certification of health information technology, including electronic health record products used for reporting to CMS quality programs such as the鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday extended the moratoria in certain counties on new home health agencies and ground ambulance suppliers in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program. The affected counties are in the Chicago, Detroit, Dallas,鈥
President Obama鈥檚 fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request 鈥 set for release on Feb. 9 鈥 should protect access to health care services for seniors and the disabled by not including any further hospital payment reductions under Medicare, the AHA last week wrote the president.