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Maryland All-payer Model to Incentivize Other Providers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has approved a five-year agreement with Maryland to expand the state’s all-payer model from focusing on hospitals to also incentivizing other providers to address the total cost of care beginning in 2019.
Patient Groups Urge Congress to Protect 340B Program
More than 60 patients groups yesterday urged Congress to protect the 340B drug savings program.
FDA Guidance Further Defines ‘Facility’ for Drug Compounding Purposes
The Food and Drug Administration Friday issued final guidance clarifying that an organization may operate both a compounding pharmacy and outsourcing facility at the same address or general location if they are completely segregated by clearly identified boundaries.
CMS Releases 2016 Medicare Parts B and D Drug Spending Data
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today updated the Parts B and D drug spending dashboards with 2016 information.
Nursing Executives on the Move; AONE Foundation Grant Applications Open
Also in this weekly roundup: Nursing student credits the RNs who took care of her dying mother with shaping her current career path and new research on barriers to top-of-license practice.
CDC: Opioid Overdose Deaths Continue to Climb
An estimated 46,041 Americans died from opioid overdoses between October 2016 and October 2017, a 15% increase from the prior 12-month period.
Agencies Streamline N95 Respirator Regulation to Enhance Supplies
The Food and Drug Administration today issued a final order exempting manufacturers from FDA premarket notification requirements for certain N95 respirators, disposable devices used to protect patients and health care providers from infection.
SMARTER Act Introduced in Senate
Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) yesterday introduced the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act (S. 2847), AHA-supported legislation that would standardize the merger review process for the two federal antitrust agencies.
AHA, Others Voice Strong Support for Limited Repeal of IMD Exclusion
The AHA and seven other national hospital organizations yesterday voiced strong support for legislation that would allow states to receive federal matching funds for services provided to a Medicaid beneficiary with a substance use disorder in an Institution for Mental Disease.