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HRSA announces grants to expand rural access to opioid use disorder treatment

June 21, 2022

HRSA announces grants to expand rural access to opioid use disorder treatment hnesich_drupal Jun 21, 2022 Organizations can apply through July 29 for a portion of $10 million in funding to expand access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in rural communities, the Health Resources and Services Administration announced Friday. HRSA’s Rural Communities Opioid Response […]

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CMS proposes negative home health payment update for CY 2023

June 21, 2022

CMS proposes negative home health payment update for CY 2023 hnesich_drupal Jun 21, 2022 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued its calendar year 2023 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system, which would reduce net HH payments by $810 million in calendar year 2023 relative to CY 2022. The rule also […]

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CDC reports on COVID-19 oral antiviral equity, benefits

June 21, 2022

CDC reports on COVID-19 oral antiviral equity, benefits hnesich_drupal Jun 21, 2022 More than 1 million prescriptions for the COVID-19 antiviral pills Lagevrio and Paxlovid were dispensed between late December 2021 and May 2022, but dispensing rates were lowest in the most socially and economically disadvantaged communities, according to a study released today by the […]

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CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccines for young children

June 21, 2022

CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccines for young children hnesich_drupal Jun 21, 2022 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Saturday recommended the Moderna vaccine for children aged 6 months through 5 years old and the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 6 months through 4 years old, and the CDC endorsed the […]

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AHA to CMS: Proposed inpatient, LTCH payment updates ‘woefully inadequate’

June 17, 2022

AHA to CMS: Proposed inpatient, LTCH payment updates ‘woefully inadequate’ kpage_drupal Jun 17, 2022 Commenting today on the proposed rule for the inpatient prospective payment system for fiscal year 2023, AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adjust the market basket update to account for the unprecedented inflationary environment hospitals and […]

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AHA Advancing Health podcast: Equity through precision heart care

June 17, 2022

AHA Advancing Health podcast: Equity through precision heart care kpage_drupal Jun 17, 2022 Leon Caldwell, AHA senior director of health equity strategies and innovation, talks with James Min, M.D., CEO and co-founder of Cleerly, and Richard Chazal, M.D., senior cardiologist and medical director at Lee Health System’s Heart & Vascular Institute, about their transformative approach […]

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HHS campaign encourages people with HIV to seek treatment

June 17, 2022

HHS campaign encourages people with HIV to seek treatment kpage_drupal Jun 17, 2022 The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday launched “I am a Work of ART,” a national campaign to encourage people with HIV to seek or continue care and antiretroviral therapy, part of the national strategy to end the HIV epidemic by […]

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Report finds proposed rule likely to underpay hospitals significantly

June 17, 2022

Report finds proposed rule likely to underpay hospitals significantly kpage_drupal Jun 17, 2022 Along with the comment letters, AHA shared with CMS a new report by FTI Consulting assessing the adequacy of the proposed rule’s payment updates, which found that “reliance on lagging indicators of hospital costs to determine prospective market basket and productivity adjustments in […]

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AHA urges similar changes to proposed LTCH provisions

June 17, 2022

AHA urges similar changes to proposed LTCH provisions kpage_drupal Jun 17, 2022 In a separate letter commenting on the proposed rule’s long-term care hospital PPS provisions, AHA similarly urged the agency to adjust the market basket update to account for the unprecedented inflationary environment hospitals and health systems are experiencing; eliminate the productivity cut; and […]

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AHA to CMS: Proposed inpatient, LTCH payment updates ‘woefully inadequate’

June 17, 2022

AHA to CMS: Proposed inpatient, LTCH payment updates ‘woefully inadequate’ kpage_drupal Jun 17, 2022 Commenting today on the proposed rule for the inpatient prospective payment system for fiscal year 2023, AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adjust the market basket update to account for the unprecedented inflationary environment hospitals and […]

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