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CMS and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation issued their report to Congress.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced that it will delay indefinitely the payment penalty period of the Appropriate Use Criteria program for advanced imaging services. The program, which was set to potentially go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, requires imaging provider鈥
CMS released its calendar year 2023 proposed rule for the physician fee schedule.
The FDA authorized state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid to patients as a treatment for those at high risk of severe COVID-19.
The seven-day average of daily hospitalization due to COVID-19 is up nearly 24% over the previous month, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health departments. During the seven-day period ending over the July 4 holiday weekend, CDC reported nearly 30,000鈥
The FBI issued a 鈥渨hite鈥 joint cybersecurity advisory warning of ransomware threats against the U.S. health care and public sectors.
The AHA released a new fact sheet that hospital and health system leaders can use as they ask Congress to urge CMS to make two critical changes to the IPPS proposed rule.
Learn about the behavioral health achievements of Colorado鈥檚 rural Eagle Valley Behavioral Health.
HHS ordered an additional 2.5 million doses of an FDA-licensed vaccine for prevention of smallpox and monkeypox, for use in responding to current or future monkeypox outbreaks and as part of the nation鈥檚 smallpox preparedness.
The FDA last week revised its Evusheld fact sheet for health care providers, recommending repeat dosing every six months if patients need ongoing protection.