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The proposed rule promotes changes such as incorporating outpatient hip and knee replacements into the episode of care definition.
The formulary includes about 100 drugs, including insulin, and is expected to expand.
When opioid dependent patients are on medication-assisted treatments, health-related costs decrease by $20,000 annually, according to Bright Heart Health.
In the U.S., recruiting internationally educated nurses is addressing the ongoing nursing shortages.
Study shows MFA could realize $450 billion in savings and prevent 68,000 deaths per year, though implementation costs would be high.
More substantive improvements occurred in Canada as compared to the U.S., suggesting recommendations work best with policy change.
Understanding contract loopholes, and being self-advocates during negotiations, can help community hospitals increase their collections.
Providers warned to stay vigilant as financial and political incentives remain strong to bring False Claims Act cases.
The COVID-19 virus may be at least as transmissible as SARS; WHO officials cautioned it's too early to tell if the spread will keep slowing.
World Health Organization says it hopes to have a candidate vaccine in 16 weeks.