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One year after the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola, the outbreak continues in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, with 2,698 cases and 1,813 deaths to date.

Leaders urged Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to promptly appoint and convene an advisory committee to advise Congress and the departments of HHS and Transportation on protecting consumers from balance billing for air ambulance transports.

The AHA and Center to Advance Palliative Care today launched a Palliative Care Support Hub, which offers hospitals and health systems a framework for assessing, measuring and expanding palliative care services.

The Senate today voted 67-28 to pass and send to the president a two-year budget agreement (H.R.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system for fiscal year 2020.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule to update the payment rates for hospices by 2.6% for fiscal year 2020.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today released a plan outlining two pathways the administration intends to explore to safely import certain drugs originally intended for foreign markets.

Medicare fee-for-service providers can sign up to participate in a pilot program allow clinicians to access a patient’s Medicare claims data for treatment purposes without logging into a separate application.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday projected that the average basic premium for a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan will decline from $32.50 in 2019 to $30 in 2020.

The National Academy of Medicine's Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience today released case studies on initiatives that reduce clinician burnout and support clinician well-being at organizations across the country.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule updating payment rates for skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2020.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule to update the payment rates for inpatient psychiatric facilities for fiscal year 2020.

The House of Representatives today passed and sent to the President a Medicaid-related bill (H.R. 3253) that includes a provision extending the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic demonstration program through Sept. 13.

A federal judge yesterday blocked Medicaid work requirements in New Hampshire, as he did earlier this year in Kentucky and Arkansas.

Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments to eligible hospitals covered 51% of their uncompensated care costs in 2014, the most recently available audited data.

Organizations interested in applying to participate in the professional or global direct contracting options under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ new Primary Cares Initiative must submit a non-binding letter of intent by Aug. 2.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a proposed rule that would update physician fee schedule rates by 0.14% in calendar year 2020.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a proposed rule that would increase Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 2.7% in calendar year 2020 compared to 2019.

Medicare Administrative Contractors should begin accepting modifier codes for appropriate use criteria on Medicare claims for advanced diagnostic imaging on Jan. 1.