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4 Healthcare Topics to Watch in the First Trump-Biden Presidential DebateSeveral important healthcare policies and trends are likely to be discussed Tuesday night.
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Medicare Billing Study Highlights Facilitators and Barriers to CCM UseThe researchers found that CCM use increased among medicine subspecialists from 60,511 services in 2015 to 448,821 in 2018.
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TJC Releases Advice to Protect Well-Being of Healthcare Workers During PandemicIn normal times, healthcare staff are expected to do their jobs with competence while dealing with crisis situations that very...
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Cory Gardner's Bill Has as Much to Do With Politics as Preexisting ConditionsSen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo) said in a tweet on September 15 he authored legislation "to guarantee coverage to people with...
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CMS Finalizes Models to Address Chronic Kidney Disease, CancerThe End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) Model follows up on President Donald Trump's kidney care executive order signed...
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Election Gift for Florida? Trump Poised to Approve Drug Imports From CanadaIndustry experts say Florida is likely to be the first state to win federal approval for a drug importation plan...
Clinical Care
IHI Rolls Out New National Action Plan for Patient SafetyReleasing the action plan in the midst of a pandemic creates more will to achieve the recommendations it sets out,...
Finance
Citing Stakeholder Concerns, CMS Withdraws the MFARCMS Administrator Seema Verma said state and provider partners raised concerns about "potential unintended consequences" of the proposed rule, which...
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AHA Asks Appeals Court to Reconsider Decision in Off-campus PBD Payment Cut CaseNotably, the reductions were not budget-neutral, meaning the savings were not redistributed within the OPPS.
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DNV-GL Now Second Deeming Authority for Psych HospitalsDuring surveys at psychiatric hospitals, the survey team will have at least one member with a background in behavioral health.
Finance
CMS' Proposal to Update MS-DRGs Based on Market PricesA key objective is to enable updates to the MS-DRG payment rates that are no longer dependent on gross charges...
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HHS Plan to Improve Rural Health Focuses on Better Broadband, Telehealth ServicesThis announcement comes in response to Trump's executive order last month calling for improved rural health and telehealth access.