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Community health becoming part of medical school curriculum
Also in this roundup of health care news: experts share insights on managing the diabetes epidemic; and foreign-born physicians make up a significant — and humanitarian — presence in health care.
ASHE recognizes NewYork-Presbyterian for excellence in facility management
The AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering presented its 2018 Excellence in Health Care Facility Management Award to NewYork-Presbyterian for its water safety management program.
CDC: Opioid epidemic driving up hepatitis C infections
Nearly 2.4 million Americans are living with Hepatitis C and the amount of new infections each year is “disturbingly high” and growing.
California voters reject three proposals to regulate health care prices
Voters in Palo Alto and Livermore, Calif., Tuesday rejected union-backed municipal ballot measures that would have imposed an “acceptable payment amount” on the compensation hospitals and other medical providers can receive from insurers and certain other payers for the care provided to patients.
CMS to launch home health claim-review project Dec. 10
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to roll out its revised claim-review demonstration for Medicare fee-for-service home health services beginning Dec. 10 in Illinois.
CMS releases performance results for year one of MACRA QPP
Ninety-three percent of all clinicians eligible for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System who participated in the 2017 Quality Payment Program will receive a positive payment adjustment in 2019.
Hospitals care for victims of mass shooting in California
Los Robles Regional Medical Center treated 11 people injured during last night’s mass shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Montana hospitals to continue Medicaid expansion efforts
A Montana ballot initiative that would have provided funding to continue Medicaid coverage for low-income adults beyond 2019 failed by a narrow margin Tuesday, with 47 percent of voters supporting the measure.
CMS issues Strong Start prenatal care model results
Mothers and infants enrolled in the Strong Start birth centers model had $2,010 lower costs on average, 25 percent lower preterm birth rates and better birth outcomes than other comparable women enrolled in Medicaid.
FDA authorizes second emergency use Ebola test
The Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for a rapid, single-use test to detect Ebola virus.