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The average premium for a benchmark plan at HealthCare.gov will decline 2% in 2021 to $379, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
A study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 299,028 more deaths than expected occurred in the United States between Jan. 26 and Oct. 3, with 66% attributed to COVID-19.
In a letter, AHA again urged the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to delay the start date for its new radiation oncology alternative payment model until Jan. 1, 2022.
The Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office of Intergovernmental Affairs will host an Oct. 22 webinar at 1 p.m. ET on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 recent guidance clarifying how the agency will implement its interim final rule that makes collecting and reporting COVID-鈥
On this Institute for Diversity and Health Equity webinar, 2020 AHA Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award honorees share efforts to deliver inclusive, culturally competent care.
Congress should consider specifying in the Internal Revenue Code what services and activities it considers sufficient community benefit for tax-exempt hospitals, the Government Accountability Office said in a report.
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied AHA鈥檚 request to reconsider two decisions from this summer that upheld the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 cuts to payments for 340B drugs and for off-campus hospital outpatient clinic visits.
The AABB, America鈥檚 Blood Centers and the American Red Cross urged eligible individuals to donate blood, calling the nation鈥檚 blood supply 鈥渃ritically low.鈥
A new analysis by Global Health 50/50, an initiative to advance gender equality in global health, sheds light on sex disparities in COVID-19 deaths.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced the new option of saliva tests at federal community-based testing sites in areas experiencing COVID-19 surge.