Policy and Legislation

There are several measures Trump could take on Day One of his presidency to cripple the law's effectiveness.

80 percent of infected people don't show symptoms, so a test is the only way to know if they have contracted Zika.

The Hill-Burton Act was signed into law by President Harry S. Truman in 1946; its effect on healthcare in the U.S. was nothing short of monumental.

All three tools can be accessed through the AMA website, and require only a login to site, not AMA membership.

HIMSS supports contracting requirement while the Federation of American Hospitals suggests pushing back the program.

The model will run for five years starting Jan. 1, 2017, in Arizona, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

Organizations will focus on assessing the feasibility of the new measures within Medicaid and CHIP patient populations.

The ticket, known as a rare pediatric disease priority review voucher, is part of a program created by Congress in 2007 to encourage the development of drugs for tropical diseases and later expanded to rare pediatric disorders.

Proposal would also create a path for providers to get to Merit-based Incentive Payments or Alternative Payment Model payments being mandated under MACRA.

More than 3,000 cases have been reported in the continental United States, though most were contracted by people traveling abroad.