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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted this weekend to approve model state-level legislation to ensure health insurance provider network adequacy. They did so after a lengthy 18-month process that included extensive engagement with health plans, providers, consumer advocates and鈥
Eligible professionals and group practices participating in the Physician Quality Reporting System who believe they were incorrectly assessed a negative payment adjustment for 2016 may ask the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to review their adjustment determination through Dec. 11 by鈥
U.S.-based Pfizer Inc. and Ireland-based Allergan PLC today announced plans to merge, a move that would create the world鈥檚 largest drug manufacturer by sales volume. Under the so-called 鈥渋nversion鈥 deal, reportedly worth more than $150 billion, the new company, Pfizer PLC,鈥
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt called for 鈥渋ncreased transparency鈥 of the information available about drug pricing and value during a Nov. 20 stakeholders meeting hosted by the Department of Health and Human Services on鈥
The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, an AHA personal membership group, recently announced its 2016 board of directors. The new board will begin its tenure by developing the society鈥檚 2016-2018 strategic plan. For more information and a list of 2016 board members鈥
The Illinois Hospital Association on Friday named A.J. Wilhelmi its next president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. Wilhelmi joined IHA in 2012 as its chief government relations officer. Prior to that, he was an Illinois state senator for seven years, serving as chair of the Senate Judiciary鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late this afternoon issued a proposed rule on the notice of benefit and payment parameters standards for health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces. The proposed rule sets forth payment parameters and provisions related to鈥
A working group of the Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response is accepting comments through Nov. 30 on draft updated guidance for implementing the National Institute of Standards and Technology鈥檚 cybersecurity framework鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response encourages hospitals and other stakeholders to sign up to participate in its Information Exchange, which allows authorized users to participate in conversations about health threats鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a notice clarifying actions taken since Oct. 1 to address isolated problems processing ICD-10 codes for certain national or local coverage decisions/policies. With respect to the national coverage decisions, interim solutions were鈥