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CMS issues FAQs on new price transparency requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released frequently asked questions on new requirements for hospitals to publicly post their charges in a machine-readable format on an annual basis
CMS announces initiative to improve Medicare customer experience
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced updated tools to help Medicare beneficiaries compare coverage options and estimate costs during open enrollment, part of a multi-year initiative to modernize how beneficiaries get Medicare information.
Nov. 1 deadline to submit Medicaid advanced APMs for 2019 QPP
Eligible clinicians and entities participating in state Medicaid payment arrangements may ask the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services through Nov. 1 to determine whether the arrangement qualifies as an advanced alternative payment model for performance year 2019.
ICD-10 codes for human trafficking take effect
Starting today, health care providers can use any of 29 ICD-10 diagnostic codes to identify and document victims of human trafficking.
GAO: Rural hospital closures more than double over five years
A total of 64 rural hospitals closed between 2013 and 2017, more than twice the number during the prior five-year period.
FDA announces actions to strengthen medical device cybersecurity
The Food and Drug Administration today released a framework to help hospitals and other health care providers plan for and respond to cybersecurity incidents involving medical devices.
An Innovation Challenge Worth Taking
The American Hospital Association is looking for your ideas to help shape the 2019 AHA Innovation Challenge.
CVS-Aetna Merger Strategy Comes into Focus
On the heels of New York's top financial watchdog expressing alarm over the proposed $69 billion merger between CVS and Aetna, the drug store chain's CEO has begun a more public campaign to lay out the company's strategy for achieving $750 million in savings.
Now You Can Share Fitbit Data to Save on Life Insurance
John Hancock, one of the nation's oldest and largest life insurers, will stop underwriting traditional life insurance and instead sell only what it's calling interactive policies in which individuals can regularly share their fitness and health data from wearable devices and smartphones.
Roxanna Gapstur, R.N., to become CEO of WellSpan Health in Pennsylvania
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Jeffrey Welch appointed CEO of Florida Medical Center and Tenet’s Miami Dade Group; and Brad Simmons named interim CEO of UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.