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More than 2 million people have selected a health plan through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace since the start of open enrollment Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday. Nearly two-thirds of the plan selections were by 2015 enrollees…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued an ICD-10 resource guide for medical specialties and common health conditions and services. Health care claims must include ICD-10 codes for medical diagnoses and inpatient hospital procedures under a final rule that took effect Oct.…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a Twitter chat Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET as part of National Influenza Vaccination Week. The chat will feature a CDC expert and emphasize the continued benefit of flu vaccination in December and beyond. Participate or follow the event @CDCFlu…
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is now accepting applications for its 2016 Baldrige Executive Fellows Program. Designed for senior leaders, the program is a one-year, leadership development experience designed to facilitate dialogue on all aspects of leadership and how it relates to a…
By Michelle Gaskill-Hames The Institute for Diversity in Health Management’s (IFD) Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) lays a strong foundation for a career in health care leadership for diverse individuals. It also gives hospitals and health systems access to the next generation of health…
U.S. spending on health care grew 5.3% in 2014 – largely due to coverage expansion associated with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and rapidly rising prescription drug prices – following five straight years of historically low growth, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS…
U.S. spending on health care grew 5.3% in 2014 – largely due to coverage expansion associated with the Affordable Care Act and rapidly rising prescription drug prices – following five straight years of historically low growth, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended to Dec. 31 the deadline for submitting electronic clinical quality measure data for eligible hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program voluntary electronic reporting option. The extension applies only to…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released preliminary estimates underlying Medicare Advantage rates for 2017. According to CMS’s analysis, the Medicare fee-for-service baseline rate will increase by 3.1% in 2017. The FFS baseline measures traditional Medicare spending…
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration has created a new webpage featuring strategies and tools for preventing workplace violence in health care settings. According to OSHA, the rate of serious workplace violence incidents was more than four times higher in health care settings…