The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has finalized major policy changes including a controversial decision to move forward with site neutral payments and to make cuts to the 340B drug program. CMS will complete a two-year phase-in of site neutral payments for clinic visits to off-campus hospital outpatient settings, despite a district court ruling… Read More »
Getty Images An overwhelming majority of U.S. adults favor proposals requiring tobacco companies to cut nicotine in cigarettes to make them less addictive, according to a new report by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. The study comes as the Food and Drug Administration writes new rules that would set maximum nicotine limits for cigarettes to… Read More »
One woman’s diet rule is another’s deprivation but not where celebrity trainer Sarah Linsday – who trains Pixie Lott, Callum Best and Caroline Flack – is concerned, here are her smart women’s diet hacks If you need some no-nonsense diet and nutrition advice do not leave this page – I mean it. Take some advice… Read More »
The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association has not yet formally submitted its comments on the proposed interoperability rules to the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT. But this week, the association posted on its blog that, while it supports the rules’ goals for patient access, it has deep concerns that the “tremendously broad reach… Read More »