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The FDA yesterday approved the first continuous glucose monitoring system with a fully implantable sensor, designed to measure glucose levels in adults with diabetes for up to 90 days.
The Federal Communications Commission commissioners have voted unanimously to approve Chairman Ajit Pai鈥檚 order that will increase funding for the Rural Health Care Program by $171 million, as urged by the AHA.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today, as urged by the AHA, asked his colleagues to approve quickly an order that would increase funding for the Rural Health Care Program by $171 million.
The Senate Finance Committee today held a hearing on 鈥淩ural Health Care in America: Challenges and Opportunities.鈥
The Senate Finance Committee yesterday introduced 22 bipartisan bills to address the opioid crisis in Medicare, Medicaid and human services programs.
AHA statement before the Senate Finance Committee on "Rural Health Care in America: Challenges and Opportunities."
In 2009, MedStar Washington Hospital Center embedded a "provider in triage" 鈥 known as the PIT approach 鈥 to assist patients as they entered the ED.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government today held a hearing on the Federal Communications Commission鈥檚 and Federal Trade Commission鈥檚 budget request for fiscal year 2019.
The Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee recently submitted four recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services, including a recommendation that the agency test the AHA-supported Advanced Care Model to support people with advanced illness. The Coalition鈥
Thirty-one senators today urged the Federal Communications Commission to 鈥渟ufficiently increase鈥 the funding cap for the Rural Health Care Program, which helps rural patients access care through telehealth and broadband services.