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Massachusetts yesterday proposed creating a premium stabilization fund in lieu of cost-sharing reductions to help stabilize the state鈥檚 health insurance marketplace. The state also plans to request transition relief from the federal employer mandate and other flexibilities under the鈥
The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee seeks input through Aug. 25 on how Congress can reduce legislative and regulatory burdens on Medicare providers. The request is the first step in a committee initiative to work with health care providers and the administration to deliver regulatory鈥
The Federal Communications Commission鈥檚 Connect2Health Task Force will convene several virtual listening sessions beginning next month to facilitate stakeholder input on actions to accelerate the adoption and accessibility of broadband-enabled health care solutions and advanced technologies,鈥
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today unveiled an economic plan focused on improving wages, lowering costs and boosting job opportunities.
Up to one in three Medicaid expansion enrollees received outpatient behavioral health treatment in 2014 in four states examined by the Government Accountability Office: Iowa, New York, Washington and West Virginia. Officials in the three states expanding Medicaid to this population for the first鈥
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives will conduct the annual 鈥淗ealthCare鈥檚 Most Wired鈥 hospital survey and benchmarking program going forward, AHA and CHIME announced today. An active supporter of the program since its inception in 1999, CHIME transitioned鈥
When a patient shows up at Children鈥檚 Mercy Hospital suffering from a severe asthma attack, the hospital is ready to do more than just treat the illness. The child鈥檚 home may get a checkup as well.
Fujifilm Medical Systems today voluntarily recalled its ED-530XT model duodenoscopes to replace certain parts in an effort to reduce potential risk associated with inadequate reprocessing of the device, which is used to visualize the upper digestive tract. The company plans to contact all customers鈥
The AHA today updated its MACRA Tracker and issue brief to help hospitals and their clinician partners prepare for the second year of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 physician quality payment program created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
An estimated 43.7 million U.S. adults (18.4%) reported experiencing mental illness in the past year when surveyed between 2012 and 2014, according to a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. State estimates ranged from 15.8% in New Jersey to 22.7% in Oregon,鈥