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Ambulance care teams will have greater flexibility to address the emergency needs of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries following a 911 call.
The good news is that a higher percentage of hospitals are meeting Leapfrog's minimum volume standards in 2019 than 2018.
States where it operates Medicaid plans have asked for quality coverage while containing rising healthcare costs, insurer says.
"I don't think it's inevitable," President Trump says of the spread of deadly COVID-19 in the United States.
Text messaging may be helpful for reinforcing certain health behaviors, such as smoking cessation during pregnancy.
"Current global circumstances suggest it's likely this virus will cause a pandemic," says CDC Principal Deputy Director Dr. Anne Schuchat.
American Medical Association says it will continue to fight the rule's effective 'gag' order on physicians.
Such physicians also can be used to fill in when healthcare facilities experience turnover on their medical staffs.
Care staff is often required to shift time and resources away from other patients to treat those with a life-threatening need for dialysis treatment.
The proposed rule promotes changes such as incorporating outpatient hip and knee replacements into the episode of care definition.