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Week Ahead: Make way for healthcare earnings results
This week ahead will be packed with more healthcare earnings results. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is also expected to meet again to tackle risings healthcare costs.
CMS needs to better oversee managed Medicaid programs, GAO says
The CMS isn’t doing enough to ensure that states are adequately paying managed Medicaid companies and that the plans are making correct payments to providers, according to the GAO.
Surgeon general eyes greater collaboration with hospitals to combat opioid abuse
Saying there is still a lot of “low hanging fruit,” U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams Friday announced that his office will partner with the American Hospital Association to further combat the opioid epidemic.
Just 49% of hospitals follow CMS’ sepsis treatment protocols
More than half of hospitals fail to comply with the CMS’ sepsis treatment requirements, new data from the agency show.
ProMedica closes HCR ManorCare acquisition
ProMedica bought the bankrupt post-acute provider HCR ManorCare for about $1.4 billion through a complex deal, where it needs to change HCR’s for-profit facilities into not-for-profit assets.
Documentary highlights Bayer’s faulty birth control device
A new Netflix documentary shines light on patient experiences with Bayer’s permanent birth control device Essure. The company recently said it would stop selling the device in the U.S. at the end of the year.
Montana health providers say restored cuts good, but damage done
Most, if not all, of Montana’s restored health funding will likely go to the hard-hit Department of Public Health and Human Services, which cut more than $49 million in Medicaid reimbursement rates and left hundreds of jobs unfilled.
Oregon officials consider limiting opioid prescriptions
Oregon’s proposal would limit coverage for five broad chronic pain conditions to 90 days of opioid pain relievers
Democratic attorneys general sue to block association health plan rule
Twelve Democratic attorneys general sued to block the Trump administration’s new rule making it easier for small firms and individuals to band together in association health plans free from Affordable Care Act market rules.
St. Luke’s Estes named chair-elect designate of AHA’s board of trustees
The American Hospital Association named St. Luke’s Health System CEO Dr. Melinda Estes as chair-elect designate of the organization’s board of trustees.
