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States last September reported enrolling more than 4.6 million newly eligible adults in Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 new adult eligibility group, according to data released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Hospital prices in February were just 0.4% higher than in February 2014, according to the latest Economic Indicators from Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending. 鈥淲e expect growth for hospital prices to remain low in the near term, which translates to continued鈥
Uninsured rates for adults in the nation鈥檚 four largest states were higher last year in the states that had not expanded Medicaid eligibility to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act, according to a study released today by the Commonwealth Fund. New York and California, which鈥
The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center yesterday discharged in good condition the American health care worker admitted March 13 with Ebola virus disease. The patient tested positive for the disease while volunteering in an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone. The hospital, in鈥
Physicians and teaching hospitals may review and dispute 2014 payments reported to the Open Payments program for a 45-day period that began April 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports. Applicable drug and medical device makers and group purchasing organizations must annually鈥
Senior health care leaders may apply through June 1 to participate in the next AHA Health Care Transformation Fellowship, a nine-month program designed to give participants knowledge, tools and connections to transform their health care organizations. Through in-person learning retreats, webinars,鈥
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey by April 17. The free web-based survey helps AHA gauge the impact of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program on hospitals and advocate for needed changes. For more information on the RACTrac initiative, visit www.鈥
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Richard Griffin Jr. this week issued guidance on how the agency will implement its final rule changing the process for filing and processing petitions for union representation of employees, effective for representation cases filed on or after鈥
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute this week announced up to $90 million in funding for pragmatic clinical studies to evaluate the effectiveness of care options in 鈥渞eal-world鈥 settings.
Cancer mortality rates tend to be lower and improve more in countries that spend more on cancer care, according to a study reported in the April issue of Health Affairs. The study compared changes in cancer mortality and cancer care spending in 16 countries: Australia, Denmark, Finland, France鈥