Risk Management
Between 1991 and 2006, more than 617,000 hospitalizations related to three common "premise plumbing pathogens" resulted in around $9 billion in Medicare payments -- an average of $600 million a year.
A higher chargemaster price can increase the payment from private insurers, which often pay for outpatient and ancillary services based on discounted chargemaster prices.
Forty-three percent of breaches in August were insider incidents, including both accidental and intentional wrongdoing.
AAP will use the funds to provide technical assistance and education to clinicians at community health centers and other healthcare sites around the country.
By 2015, uninsured rates in the state were down to 2.5 percent, compared to 9.1 percent nationwide.
Aetna, however, said many insurers have been forced to leave the exchanges due to what it called the instability of the marketplace.
Announcement comes on heels of third failed attempt by Congress to pass Zika funding legislation.
About 71 percent of non-acute care and 50 percent of acute care respondents pointed to a lack of financial resources to shore up their systems.
As the Zika virus spreads both at home and abroad, new information is bringing to light how children, even those who at birth do not show obvious signs of impairment, are likely at a greater risk than previously believed.
The money will help states improve data collection and analysis to better understand how to prevent opioid abuse, curb deaths and treat addiction.