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CMS Issues Hospital Outpatient/ASC Final Rule, Including Maintenance of 340B Cuts
At A Glance
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday released the calendar year (CY) 2021 outpatie
Medical Plan Design Strategies to Help Manage Trend
Managing medical plan trend is top of mind for most HR executives across the country. Large or small, organizations are evaluating multiple solutions for dealing with escalating costs and increasing employee expectations. Understanding the available options like strategic plan design, domestic steerage initiatives, care management/incentives and network considerations are key to developing a sound plan strategy. Using case studies and information from over 300 hospital plans, learn about contemporary trends in medical plan design and how to craft a strategy that meets your organization's needs.
HRSA distributes more COVID-19 quality incentive payments to nursing homes
Over 9,000 eligible nursing homes, or 69%, will receive a portion of $523 million in COVID-19 Provider Relief Funds for meeting infection control and mortality criteria in effect from September through October, the Health Resources and Services Administration announced.
NIH announces funding to recruit and develop diverse biomedical faculty
The National Institutes of Health announced two new funding opportunities as part of its program to enhance inclusive excellence and increase participation from historically underrepresented groups at NIH-funded institutions.
Blog: Substance use disorder stigma must end for Black, African American communities
Sejal B. Shah, M.D., and Carla B. Monteiro, a licensed clinical social worker, at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital write that stigma and disparities around the opioid epidemic can disproportionately affect the Black and African American communities.
Blog: Addressing societal factors to improve health equity
“Achieving health equity is a journey,” write Priya Bathija, AHA vice president of strategic initiatives, and Julia Resnick, senior program manager. To bridge the gap between commitment and action, they discuss AHA’s new resource, Societal Factors that Influence Health: A Framework for Hospitals.
Federal court rejects FTC challenge to health system merger
A federal district court in Pennsylvania rejected a legal challenge by the Federal Trade Commission to prevent the proposed merger of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and Einstein Healthcare Network.
CDC issues guidance for CLIA laboratories on asymptomatic testing
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services updated its guidance on enforcement discretion during the COVID-19 public health emergency for laboratories performing molecular and antigen tests for the virus on asymptomatic individuals at the point of care or in patient care settings operating under a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certificate.
HHS releases facility-level data on hospital capacity
The Department of Health and Human Services has released hospital-level data on COVID-19 capacity, aggregated by week going back to Aug. 1.
CMS to host call Dec. 9 on Hospital Care at Home program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. ET will host a call to discuss recent flexibilities the agency announced to allow acute health care services to be provided outside of a hospital setting in response to the surging COVID-19 pandemic.