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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today extended to July 1 the deadline for eligible hospitals/professionals and critical access hospitals to apply for a hardship exception from the

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued three new Frequently Asked Questions clarifying what hospitals and eligible professionals participating in the Medicare Electronic Health

This season’s flu vaccine has been 59% effective against the flu, comparable to past seasons with a well-matched vaccine, according to

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The current blood supply in the continental U.S. is adequate to meet the transfusion needs of hospital patients in U.S.

The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) today released a new

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a proposed rule that w

Arguments that the Affordable Care Act’s medical loss ratio and rate review standards would protect consumers in the wake of the pending mergers of Anthem with Cigna and Aetna with Humana &ld

There is no evidence that insurance market consolidation leads to greater innovation, according to a study by health economists highlighted in the

Hospitals and eligible professionals can attest to meaningful use of electronic health records for the 2015 Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program if they are requesting a hardship ex

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will accept comments through April 5, not April 11, on its

The Senate Special Committee on Aging today held a hearing on opioid use

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state public health departments are investigating 14 additional reports of possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus, including several invol

The Food and Drug Administration continues to recommend that hospitals and other facilities using automated endoscope reprocessors made by Custom Ultrasonics transition to alternative methods to re

Hospitals with greater reductions in readmissions rates are no more likely to increase their observation-service use than other hospitals, according to a

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will implement a new

Hospitals and health systems partnering with others to improve community health are likely to embrace a collaborative governance model, according to a

The Senate Finance Committee today held a hearing examining the

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While breast cancer rates have remained constant, the rate of women undergoing mastectomies increased 36% between 2005 and 2013, including a more than tripling of double mastectomies, according to