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FDA broadens treatment options for opioid dependence
The Food and Drug Administration Friday approved a new dosage option for buprenorphine and naloxone sublingual film, applied under the tongue as a maintenance treatment for opioid dependence.
Report: CJR model reduces episode payments
Hospitals participating in the first year of Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model reduced payments for lower extremity joint replacement episodes by an average 3.3 percent more than hospitals that did not participate in the model.
Penn Medicine develops ‘first-of-its-kind’ framework for measuring, operationalizing workforce inclusion
As health care organizations strive to cultivate inclusive workplaces, many could use a comprehensive structure to keep their efforts in check. A ‘first-of-its-kind’ study from the Perelman School of Medicine, which is part of the academic medical center Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, has given way to a taxonomy that other health care leaders can use to do exactly that.
The creative ways hospitals are promoting behavioral health
Detroit Medical Center looks at mental illness like any other health issue and treats it upstream, and Freeman Health System offers traumatized youth a truly comprehensive behavioral health experience
Sam Hazen named CEO of HCA Healthcare; Harry Brockus tapped as CEO of Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Shawn Vincent named CEO of Loyola Medicine in Illinois and Jody Prather chosen as chief strategy officer of Baptist Health in Louisville.
Obituary: Former CEO of Billings Clinic Nicholas Wolter, M.D.
A nationally-recognized leader in hospital/physician relations and clinical integration, Nicholas Wolter, M.D., former CEO of Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont., died Sept. 7.
NASEM to develop new opioid prescribing guidelines
The Food and Drug Administration today awarded a contract to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to develop evidence-based guidelines for appropriate opioid analgesic prescribing for acute pain resulting from specific conditions or procedures.
Maryland receives waiver to implement reinsurance program
The departments of Health and Human Services and the Treasury today approved a Section 1332 waiver for Maryland to implement a five-year reinsurance program for its individual health insurance market beginning in 2019.
CMS outlines budget neutrality policies for Section 1115 waivers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today in a letter to state Medicaid directors outlined its current policies related to budget neutrality for Medicaid demonstration projects authorized under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act and provided states insights into the agency’s decision-making process.
Walmart and Anthem to sell reduced-cost Medicare Advantage plan drugs
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: Parkland survivor interns at hospital that saved her life; emergency departments seize opportunity to treat opioid withdrawals; black men more likely to get preventive treatments if black doctors tell them to; and health systems form Medicaid Transformation Project.