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At least two hospitals evacuated patients yesterday due to the wildfires in northern California. Kaiser Permanente transported about 130 patients from Santa Rosa Medical Center to Kaiser Permanente San Rafael and other area hospitals. The Santa Rosa hospital was not damaged but was closed, with鈥
The latest report from a group financed and backed by the pharmaceutical industry 鈥渃ontinues to misrepresent鈥 the 340B Drug Pricing Program and its 鈥渟uccessful 25-year history of helping hospitals stretch scarce financial resources to expand and improve access to lifesaving prescription drugs and鈥
More than 20 years ago, Cincinnati Children鈥檚 Hospital Medical Center nurse Erin Riehle came up with a novel idea for addressing her hospital鈥檚 workforce needs.
Fifty-seven senators Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to 鈥渃arefully consider stakeholder feedback鈥 before the agency finalizes its proposal to reduce Medicare Part B payment for drugs acquired through the 340B Drug Pricing Program. 鈥淭he long-term success of the鈥
Fifty-seven senators Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to 鈥渃arefully consider stakeholder feedback" before the agency finalizes its proposal to reduce Medicare Part B payment for drugs acquired through the 340B Drug Pricing Program. "The long-term success of the 340B鈥
Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Don Wright, M.D., yesterday declared public health emergencies in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi due to Hurricane Nate and waived or modified certain Medicare, Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program requirements to ensure鈥
The Food and Drug Administration Thursday approved the first blood donor screening test for Zika virus. The agency last year recommended blood centers screen donors for the virus using an investigational test until a licensed test was available. The new licensed test was found effective by several鈥
More than 880,000 physicians were certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties in 2017, about 20,000 more than in 2016, according to the board鈥檚 latest certification report. AHA is an associate member of ABMS, which certifies physicians in 39 specialties and 86 subspecialties. For鈥
The American Organization of Nurse Executives has chosen as its next president-elect Mary Beth Kingston, RN, executive vice president and chief nursing officer at Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care. As 2018 president-elect, Kingston will become AONE president in 2019. She currently serves on the鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has identified the first clinicians eligible to participate in 2018 advanced alternative payment models, based on their participation in qualifying APMs in first-quarter 2017. Clinicians can use an online tool to look up their 2018 participation鈥