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CMS: Thousands select plan as HealthCare.gov opens 2020 enrollment

More than 177,000 people selected a 2020 health plan through HealthCare.gov Nov. 1-2, the first two days of open enrollment, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today.

FDA approves new test to detect HIV drug-resistance mutations

The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved the first test to use next generation sequencing technology to detect HIV drug-resistance mutations in patients taking or about to start antiviral therapy.

NAM collaborative hosts two-day meeting on combating opioid epidemic

The National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic, of which the AHA is a sponsor, yesterday concluded a two-day meeting on progress to combat the opioid crisis.

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The Partnership for Public Health: Improving Hospital-Community Partnerships to Support Health Systems Transformation

The Partnership for Public Health: Improving Hospital-Community Partnerships to Support Health Systems Tr

Lutheran Health Network (Fort Wayne, Ind.) names hospital CEO

Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Centura Health appoints hospital CEO; and FirstHealth of the Carolinas names hospital president.

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Health care leaders urge Congress to address shortage of critical drugs

Drug shortages threaten the quality of patient care, narrow treatment options and often result in the use of potentially less effective alternative medications, hospital and health system leaders said at a briefing today on Capitol Hill.

Study: Preventable hospitalizations fell more in Medicaid expansion states

States that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act in 2014 and 2015 saw greater reductions in discharge rates, inpatient days and hospital costs related to ambulatory care-sensitive conditions than did non-expansion states.

Joint Commission advisory reviews new maternal care standards

The Joint Commission last week issued an advisory reviewing its new hospital accreditation standards for preventing maternal hemorrhage and severe hypertension/preeclampsia effective July 1, 2020.