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Hospital Outpatient Final Rule for CY 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov.
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Royal & BlackCat Ransomware: The Threat to the Health Sector January 12, 2023

The U.S. health sector continues to be aggressively targeted by ransomware operators, and Royal and BlackCat are two of the more recent sophisticated ransomware threats.

Joint Commission makes health equity national patient safety goal

The Joint Commission announced it is elevating its health equity standard to a national patient safety goal, effective July 1.

Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program opens

Applications for the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program are open.

Incident command system survey extended through Feb. 28 

The National Advisory Committee for the Hospital Incident Command System encourages hospitals and health systems to complete by Feb. 28 a survey on the system’s emergency management performance during the past few years to identify potential improvements.

HRSA to host training webinar for National Practitioner Data Bank administrators 

The Health Resources and Services Administration on Feb. 22 will host its first training webinar for National Practitioner Data Bank administrators, who manage their organization’s NPDB account.

FEMA streamlines Public Assistance Program funding procedures, allows COVID-19 retroactive agreements 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency this week simplified procedures for its Public Assistance Program, which provides disaster response grants to non-profit health care organizations and others.
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Post-Acute Care Advocacy Alliance News Update - January 12, 2023

AHA EVENT  |  POST-ACUTE CARE CALLS

HHS outlines process, timeline for Medicare drug price negotiations

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released a memo and timeline outlining how it will approach implementing the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, which will negotiate prices with drug makers for certain high-cost, sole-source drugs and apply them beginning in 2026.

Buerhaus discusses nursing workforce strengths, future needs

The nursing workforce is more highly educated and diverse compared to 15 years ago, positioning it well to address health inequities, said Peter Buerhaus, PhD, RN.