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AGS supports inclusion of ACP codes in 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) strongly supports inclusion of the Advance Care Planning (ACP) codes in the 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

9 Jul 2015

First-of-its-kind 'Transitional Care' provider starts treating Medicare patients

A first-of-its-kind provider group has begun treating Medicare patients who have been discharged from hospitals and post-acute care facilities under a newly launched Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) designation called ‘Transitional Care.’

8 Jul 2015

Exercise program for older adults with osteoarthritis may soon be covered by Medicare

Fit & Strong!, an exercise program tailored to break the cycle of weakening and pain in older adults with osteoarthritis and developed at the University of Illinois at Chicago, may soon be covered by Medicare.

8 Jul 2015

UVA earns national Women's Choice Awards for patient safety, patient satisfaction in orthopedics

University of Virginia Medical Center has earned two 2015 national Women's Choice Awards from WomenCertified Inc. - one for patient safety and one for patient satisfaction in orthopedics.

8 Jul 2015

Global efforts help improve quality of nursing home care for racial, ethnic minority residents

A new study of nursing homes has found that, while disparities continue to exist, the quality of care in homes with higher concentrations of racial and ethnic minority residents has improved and that this progress appears to be linked to increases in Medicaid payments.

8 Jul 2015

Improving access to affordable primary care cuts hospital stays, but fails to reduce ED visits in dual eligible patients

Convincing the nation's most vulnerable citizens to avoid costly emergency department visits is proving harder than expected. A new study from the University of Iowa found improving access to affordable primary care reduced preventable hospital stays for black and Hispanics who receive both Medicare and Medicaid but failed to reduce the number of trips to the emergency department.

8 Jul 2015

Centene to acquire Health Net shares for approximately $6.8 billion

Centene Corporation and Health Net, Inc. announced that the Boards of Directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive agreement under which Centene will acquire all of the shares of Health Net in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $6.8 billion, including the assumption of approximately $500 million of debt.

2 Jul 2015

Health Ethics Trust's Compliance Program certification awarded to Diversified Service Options

Diversified Service Options, Inc., (Diversified) today announced that the company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, First Coast Service Options and Novitas Solutions, have achieved the prestigious Health Ethics Trust's Compliance Program certification for their compliance program, Navigator.

1 Jul 2015

Express Scripts report shows that new exchange plan enrollees spent less on medications in Q1 2015

New exchange plan enrollees spent less on medications in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same time a year ago, according to the third edition of the Express Scripts Exchange Pulse report, released today.

1 Jul 2015

Hospital-wide clinical improvement initiative for patients at risk for DASH reduces readmission rates

Brigham and Women's Hospital finds that developing and implementing an interdisciplinary care improvement initiative improves outcomes.

1 Jul 2015

FAU awarded $2.1 million to examine effectiveness of antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia

Florida Atlantic University's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine was recently awarded a $2.1 million, two-year contract by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc. to conduct a study to examine the effectiveness of an injectable long-acting antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia and its impact on 30-day hospital readmission rates.

1 Jul 2015

Veracyte named to Bay Area News Group's Top Workplaces list for second consecutive year

Veracyte, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company pioneering the field of molecular cytology, today announced that it has been named to the Bay Area News Group's prestigious Top Workplaces list for the second year in a row. The news group selects Top Workplace winners based solely on an annual survey of Bay Area-company employees.

29 Jun 2015

Kenall Manufacturing introduces light fixture to kill harmful bacteria linked to HAIs

Kenall Manufacturing today introduced Indigo-Clean, a light fixture that uses Continuous Environmental Disinfection technology to continuously kill harmful bacteria linked to hospital acquired infections (HAIs). The technology behind Indigo-Clean inactivates a wide range of micro-organisms that are known causes of HAIs, including MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), C.difficile and VRE (Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus).

27 Jun 2015

Study shows wide geographic variation in use of 'clotbuster' for stroke treatment

It looks like a crazy quilt spread over the continent. But a new map of emergency stroke care in America shows just how much of a patchwork system we still have for delivering the most effective stroke treatment.

27 Jun 2015

Tissue Regenix secures Medicare approval for DermaPure reimbursement

Tissue Regenix Group plc, the regenerative medical devices company, today announces it has secured approval from the Noridian Healthcare Solutions and Palmetto GBA Medicare administrators for DermaPure reimbursement.

26 Jun 2015

IPs spend more time in collecting and reporting hospital infection data than protecting patients

Collecting and reporting hospital infection data to federal health agencies takes more than 5 hours each day, at the expense of time needed to ensure that frontline healthcare personnel are adhering to basic infection prevention practices such as hand hygiene, according to a recent case study, to be presented on Saturday, June 27 at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

26 Jun 2015

Bayer Yakuhin receives MHLW approval in Japan for EYLEA (aflibercept) Injection to treat RVO patients

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Bayer HealthCare's Japanese subsidiary, Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd., received approval for EYLEA (aflibercept) Injection by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan for the treatment of patients with macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

26 Jun 2015

Life-saving defibrillators are grossly underutilized, shows study

Heart attack patients age 65 and older who have reduced heart function might still benefit from implanted defibrillators, according to a Duke Medicine study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

24 Jun 2015

Study: Unauthorized immigrants pay billions more than they utilize in Medicare Trust Fund

Unauthorized immigrants pay billions more into Medicare's Hospital Insurance Trust Fund each year than they withdraw in health benefits, according to research from Harvard Medical School, the Institute for Community Health and the City University of New York School of Public Health at Hunter College.

24 Jun 2015

AMGA outlines policies to support care for the chronically ill

Today, the American Medical Group Association submitted a letter to the newly formed Senate Committee on Finance Chronic Care Workgroup outlining policies that would support care for the chronically ill.

23 Jun 2015

Medicare News and Research

AGS supports inclusion of ACP codes in 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

First-of-its-kind 'Transitional Care' provider starts treating Medicare patients

Exercise program for older adults with osteoarthritis may soon be covered by Medicare

UVA earns national Women's Choice Awards for patient safety, patient satisfaction in orthopedics

Global efforts help improve quality of nursing home care for racial, ethnic minority residents

Improving access to affordable primary care cuts hospital stays, but fails to reduce ED visits in dual eligible patients

Centene to acquire Health Net shares for approximately $6.8 billion

Health Ethics Trust's Compliance Program certification awarded to Diversified Service Options

Express Scripts report shows that new exchange plan enrollees spent less on medications in Q1 2015

Hospital-wide clinical improvement initiative for patients at risk for DASH reduces readmission rates

FAU awarded $2.1 million to examine effectiveness of antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia

Veracyte named to Bay Area News Group's Top Workplaces list for second consecutive year

Kenall Manufacturing introduces light fixture to kill harmful bacteria linked to HAIs

Study shows wide geographic variation in use of 'clotbuster' for stroke treatment

Tissue Regenix secures Medicare approval for DermaPure reimbursement

IPs spend more time in collecting and reporting hospital infection data than protecting patients

Bayer Yakuhin receives MHLW approval in Japan for EYLEA (aflibercept) Injection to treat RVO patients

Life-saving defibrillators are grossly underutilized, shows study

Study: Unauthorized immigrants pay billions more than they utilize in Medicare Trust Fund

AMGA outlines policies to support care for the chronically ill

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