The Department of Health and Human Services should take certain steps to reduce the number of Medicare appeals and strengthen oversight of the Medicare fee-for-service appeals process, the Governme
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday announced a pre-claim rev
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today postponed to Jan.
The Senate Appropriations Committee today voted 29-1 to approve bipartisan legislation that would provide $161.9 billion in base discretionary funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human
The Senate this week approved legislation allowing public and nonprofit skilled nursing facilities to apply for support from the Universal Service Fund’s Rural Health Care Program, which provides f
The AHA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) June 7 issued a new patient education resource on prescription opioids that outlines e
The House of Representatives last night approved by voice vote the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act (H.R. 5273).
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved the Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act (H.R.
The Department of Health and Human Services today announced a proposed rule and othe
The share of mental health treatment expenditures financed by private insurance, Medicare and Medicaid increased from 44% in 1986 to 68% in 2014, according to a
The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) will host its third National Summit on Advanced Illness Care Sept. 20-21 in Washington, D.C.
You find a mix of current and former patients in the art studio at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific in Honolulu – a program that for more than two decades has eased patients’
The House last night approved by voice vote the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act, H.R. 5273.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today delayed to Jan.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response has issued resources to help health care providers and coalitions plan for a real or potential Z
A Senate appropriations subcommittee today approved legislation that would provide $161.9 billion in base discretionary funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education an
The AHA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released a one-page resource to help hospital patients who may be pre
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released a final rule that ma
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has provided additional information on its temporary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services invites hospitals to submit innovative quality improvement practices to its Strategic Innovation Engine, which will evaluate them for possible disse