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Aetna Inc. will refile its premerger notification to give the Department of Justice additional time to review its proposed acquisition of Humana Inc., according to forms filed this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The health insurer said it expects to refile the notification鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has corrected an error in the preview reports for home health quality data to be posted to the Home Health Compare website in October. The replacement reports should now appear in the CASPER shared folders.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released software for calculating Medicare payments for inpatient care in fiscal year 2016 using ICD-10 codes. The Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Groups Grouper and Medicare Code Editor software can be purchased through the National鈥
Missouri-area hospitals had an average turnover rate of 16.3% among health care professionals in 2014, up from 12.9% in 2013, according to a new report from the Missouri Hospital Association. After stabilizing in 2013, turnover and vacancy rates increased for most surveyed occupations,鈥
The AHA and its Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate are surveying hospitals about their efforts to improve hospital discharge transitions as part a study on the effectiveness of transitional care. The survey deadline was recently extended to Sept. 15.
Real change is happening in the city of Whittier, Calif., thanks to a health and wellness initiative that鈥檚 both for and powered by the community.Located 12 miles southeast of Los Angeles, Whittier has one of the highest rates of poverty, obesity and diabetes in Los Angeles County. The city鈥
The Food and Drug Administration has issued 鈥渨arning letters鈥 to three duodenoscope manufacturers alleging certain regulatory violations. Olympus Corp. of the Americas and Hoya Corp. were cited for failing to report infections associated with their devices to FDA within 30 days and to鈥
Seven in 10 adults without health insurance in March were potentially eligible for full or subsidized coverage through Medicaid or the Health Insurance Marketplace, according to the Urban Institute's latest Health Reform Monitoring Survey.
The recently announced mega deals in the insurance industry will lead to further consolidation of an already highly concentrated health insurance market and will not benefit consumers, says David Balto, former policy director for the Federal Trade Commission鈥檚 Bureau of Competition. In a鈥
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute today approved $56.7 million to study in clinical settings treatment options for appendicitis, ways to improve behavioral and mental health care, and options to prevent blood clots in patients getting hip and knee replacements.