The week started with a whirlwind in vaccine land, with news of the FDA advisory committee’s decision on boosters nearly coming up against potentially very good news for school-aged children:...
Seniors are reporting patient access to care issues from during the pandemic’s earliest days that outpace problems in any other similarly developed nation, while healthcare organizations from...
After a relatively quiet summer, HHS and CMS dove back into rulemaking, guideline issuing, and funding awards. Following vaccine mandates for all federal employees and healthcare settings, CMS issued...
As the holiday weekend comes to a close, the Biden Administration did not slow its commitment to increasing access to care for patients. Through American Rescue Plan funding, CMS allocates funding to...
Preeclampsia is a seriously dangerous condition that affects pregnant people which can result in stroke, cardiovascular disease, and harm to the baby. It’s also a key driver behind black maternal...
It's back-to-school time, and the healthcare industry is likely to learn a lesson in value-based care from leading accountable care organizations.
MSSP ACOs Saved Medicare More Than $4B in...
The Office of Climate Change and Health Equity opens under HHS, and several organizations including SAMHSA boost funding for pediatric mental healthcare. This week’s policy recap also highlights...
Schools are reopening and mask mandates are returning in what should make for interesting conversations during Labor Day barbecues and celebrations.
Convalescent Plasma Unable to Halt COVID-19...
The past year was a difficult one for the nation and the healthcare industry in particular. As it turns out, value-based care could've played an even greater role in improving population health and...
COVID-19 remains in the spotlight of this week’s policy recap as Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine is granted full FDA approval. And CMS boosts reimbursement rates for COVID-19 vaccines...
COVID-19 continues to take the spotlight as this week’s policy update highlights the CDC’s recent recommendation for a booster shot. Several government organizations, including HHS and the...
In this week’s policy recap, opioid use disorder treatment and discrimination take the spotlight, as HHS commits $90 million to combat the disease and OCR settles a case with Genesis HealthCare...
CMS final rules will increase rates for hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and several other care settings while CMS also reports Part D premiums are expected to rise. Meanwhile, newly introduced...
Let me tell you: A week away from work feels great. Now it's time to turn our attention back to healthcare.
Medicare’s Inpatient Payments Will Increase 2.5% in 2022
CMS has finalized an...
The AMA is throwing its heft behind vaccine mandates for healthcare workers, trying to push uptake across this critical group. Meanwhile, in a move surprising to no one, new data shows that racial...
This week’s policy update highlights the CDC’s new masking guidelines, triggered by the spread of the Delta variant. Meanwhile, long COVID was added to the list of qualifying disabilities...
One healthcare organization walks us through the process of implementing health IT designed to support social determinants of health work, while other hospitals fear staffing shortages should they...
Health equity was a key subject in healthcare prior to the coronavirus pandemic, but the events and the toll of 2020 took the conversation around improving health equity to a new level.
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Hospitals were never thrilled with the Hospital Price Transparency rule, and a recent independent review shows they have done little to comply with the regulation aimed at helping consumers choose...
In this week’s policy update, proposed CMS rate changes would alter hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical center payments and the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule aims to include reimbursement...
