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CMS extends deadline to submit eCQM, PIP attestation data
CMS has extended the deadline for hospitals participating in the Inpatient Quality Reporting and/or Promoting Interoperability Programs to submit data to receive a full payment update in fiscal year 2020.
CMS updates overall hospital star ratings, proposes future changes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today updated its overall hospital quality star ratings at Hospital Compare and proposed future changes to the star ratings methodology in response to stakeholder feedback.
House hearing highlights bill to protect health care workers from violence
The House Education and Labor Committee’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections yesterday held a hearing on protecting health care and social service workers from violence in the workplace.
Senate appropriators hold hearing on opioid funding
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies today held a hearing to review what programs and strategies are working to address the opioid epidemic and where to focus future funding.
NAM collaborative provides update on work to address opioid epidemic
The National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic last week held a webinar on the work it will undertake over the next two years to share knowledge, align initiatives and advance multisector solutions to improve outcomes for those impacted by the opioid epidemic.
HHS updates decontamination guidance for chemical incidents
The Department of Health and Human Services has updated its guidance to help communities prepare for and respond to chemical incidents requiring mass decontamination.
VA issues proposed rule for new community care program
The Department of Veterans Affairs today proposed the criteria for determining when covered veterans may elect to receive necessary hospital, medical and extended care services from non-VA entities
Study: Physician burnout, work-life integration improving
Physician burnout and satisfaction with work-life integration improved in the United States between 2014 and 2017, but there is still room for improvement, according to a study reported today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
OIG: CMS should take steps to ensure compliance with SNF three-day rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should take certain actions to ensure compliance with the three-day rule for skilled nursing facilities.
Agencies seek comment on preserving grandfathered health plans
The departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services yesterday asked for public input on how they might help group health plans and issuers preserve their grandfathered status under the Affordable Care Act in ways that are consistent with the law and would benefit employers, employee organizations, plan participants and other stakeholders.