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CMS announces hurricane waivers for Georgia
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday took several actions to provide relief to those in Georgia impacted by Hurricane Michael.
CMS announces Medicare premiums and deductibles for CY 2019
The Medicare Part A deductible for inpatient hospital services will increase by $24 in calendar year 2019, to $1,364, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today.
Chair File: A Governor Speaks Frankly about Opioid Misuse
Gov. Northam understands that any meaningful discussion of overcoming the opioid problem must go beyond listing programs or citing statistics.
Deadline extended to apply for Institute for Diversity and Health Equity fellowship
The AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity has extended until Nov. 30 the deadline to apply for its Certificate in Diversity Management fellowship.
HCA Healthcare donates $1 million to Hurricane Michael relief
HCA Healthcare has donated $1 million to the American Red Cross to assist those affected by Hurricane Michael.
Ohio Hospital Association president pushes back against site-neutral proposal
"For the communities, patients and employees of Ohio’s hospitals, this cut will mean hard choices about the services and jobs that hospitals support," Mike Abrams, president and CEO of the Ohio Hospital Association, writes in a letter in the Columbus Dispatch.
GAO study: Poor forgo medical care more in states that didn’t expand Medicaid
Low-income adults in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act were less likely to report having any unmet medical needs compared with those in non-Medicaid expansion states.
Millennials Opt for Cheaper, Faster Alternatives to Primary Care
Millennials are nearly twice as likely as other adults to not have a primary care doctor. Recently released data from a national poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 45 percent of respondents 18-29 years old don’t have a primary care physician. This tracks closely with a 2017 survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, which found that 33 percent of millennials did not have a regular doctor, compared with 15 percent of 50-64 year olds.
Integrated CVS-Aetna: What’s at Stake
For the second time in less than a month, the Department of Justice has approved a megamerger between leading players in the health insurance and pharmacy worlds. The DOJ said it will allow the $69 billion merger of CVS Health with Aetna once the insurer sells its Medicare Part D business, which raised concerns about the companies having too much market control.
Kerry Tirman named CEO of Slidell Memorial Hospital in Louisiana, and Eric Hamon selected CEO of Driscoll Health System in Texas
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Lee Myles named interim CEO of Memorial Hospital in Maine; James Griffith selected COO of El Camino Hospital in California; Gary Foster named COO of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Washington state; and Steven Kaster, M.D., selected chief medical officer of Menorah Medical Center in Kansas.