Policy and Operations
ONC: Interoperability among Office-Based Physicians in 2015 and 201729 May 2019
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) declares it a national objective to achieve widespread interoperability through... Continue Reading
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HHS Announces Final Conscience Rule Protecting Health Care Entities and Individuals15 May 2019
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced today the issuance of the final conscience... Continue Reading
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CMS Taking Steps to Modernize Approach to Digital Technologies15 May 2019
CMS is making an effort to modernize its processes for covering breakthrough medical devices and other innovative technologies. CMS is... Continue Reading
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Health industry to clash over surprise medical bills15 May 2019
Three powerful players in the health care industry are gearing up for battle over surprise medical bills. Doctors, hospitals and... Continue Reading
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May 21 Web Briefing: Making Sense of Medicare-For-All and Other Plans to Expand Public Coverage15 May 2019
With the new Democratic House majority and many 2020 presidential candidates talking about what’s next in health care, there’s renewed... Continue Reading
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Bipartisan pair of senators urges Barr to defend ObamaCare in court15 May 2019
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) are urging the Trump administration to reconsider its position that a federal... Continue Reading
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CMS Proposes FY 2020 Medicare Payment Updates for Post-Acute Care30 Apr 2019
Recently proposed rules would boost FY 2020 Medicare payment rates for several post-acute providers, including skilled nursing facilities and hospices.... Continue Reading
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CMS proposes continuing new technology add-on payments for CAR-T cell therapies next year30 Apr 2019
The agency also proposed increasing the maximum new technology add-on payment from 50 percent to 65 percent for fiscal year... Continue Reading
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HHS nearing plan to roll back transgender protections30 Apr 2019
The Trump administration is preparing to roll back protections for transgender patients while empowering health care workers to refuse care... Continue Reading
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U.S. health officials unveil experiment to overhaul primary care30 Apr 2019
Federal health officials on Monday unveiled a new primary care experiment that seeks to pay doctors for providing stepped-up services... Continue Reading
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