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Rural Maternal Health Webinar Series
Announces a 4-part webinar series, starting March 12, 2024, presented by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) in collaboration with the Rural Health Information Hub, to support access to safe, high-quality maternity care in rural communities. Webinars will cover information on achieving the Birthing-Friendly Hospital Designation from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), working with Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs) to improve care, implementing AIM bundles to improve patient safety, and how rural hospitals without birthing units can prepared for patient needs. (Source: News sto...
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - February 27, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

U.S. Makes Initial Offers in Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
The offers amount to a starting gun in the price talks between the federal government and the makers of 10 prescription drugs that have been selected for negotiations. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Noah Weiland Tags: Medicare Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Health Insurance and Managed Care Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 Biden, Joseph R Jr Health and Human Services Department Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services United Sta Source Type: news

How AI can flag critical imaging results for priority review and treatments
This study demonstrates the ability of an FDA-cleared artificial intelligence (AI) decision support tool (e-ASPECTS) to improve the performance of US physicians when deriving the ASPECTS," according to the authors. The study called attention to the impact of AI software on physician performance in ASPECTS scoring. Agreement with a reference standard (expert consensus read with reference to follow-up imaging) was evaluated with and without software support.While the study was supported by Brainomix and had several limitations, consistent improvement was seen in both neurology and neuroradiology-qualified doctors, after a su...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Improving radiology efficiency and outcomes Source Type: news

New CPT code issued for FFR-CT
Cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow highlighted that CT procedures for estimating fractional flow reserve (FFR) have transitioned to a single category I Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code beginning January 1, 2024. Practices will have one new category I code (75580) that describes non-invasive estimates of FFR based on software analysis of coronary CT angiography data, the company noted. FFR-CT is a modeling technique that estimates coronary flow from routine coronary CT angiography (CTA) scans. HeartFlow’s FFR-CT Analysis software creates a 3D model of a patient's arteries, with algorithms then simulati...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Subspecialties Chest Radiology Source Type: news

Centene hires new CEO of Medicare business as fallout from quality ratings continues
The hiring comes as Centene continues to grapple with fall-out from poor star ratings for its Medicare Advantage plans. Late last month, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wrote to Centene that its Wellcare Health Insurance plans in North Carolina and Arizona must halt enrollment and marketing because of low quality scores. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: James Drew Source Type: news

Unlocking the potential of imaging in Alzheimer ’s disease care
Jan Makela.In the U.S., more than 6 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, a debilitating and far-reaching disease that accounts for 60% to 80% of dementia cases, and by 2050, this number is projected to rise to nearly 13 million, according to Alzheimer’s Disease International. Alzheimer’s has been a formidable challenge for our society, patients, caregivers, and healthcare systems for decades. The disease affects memory, thinking, and behavior. Its symptoms typically start with mild cognitive impairment and eventually grow severe enough to interfere with daily tasks. Historically, medications and therapies have...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Jan Makela Tags: Practice Management Molecular Imaging MRI Neuroradiology Source Type: news

RefleXion highlights new CMS payment rate, codes for Scintix system
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has established a national payment rate for RefleXion Medical's Scintix biology-guided radiotherapy system. CMS used its New Technology Ambulatory Payment Classification pathway to establish the payment rate. This is reserved for novel procedures that are not represented in the existing reimbursement claims data that describes new procedures and their associated resources. It determines whether a technology is actually new. RefleXion said while other technologies use anatomical images to guide radiotherapy delivery, Scintix therapy is the only radiotherapy to use emiss...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news

Americans Are Signing Up for Obamacare in Record Numbers
On December 15 alone, nearly 750,000 people signed up for a plan on HealthCare.gov, the largest single-day total recorded so far. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Noah Weiland Tags: your-feed-science Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Health Insurance and Managed Care Medicaid United States Politics and Government Presidential Election of 2024 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Source Type: news

Profitability concerns lead Clover Health Investments to exit Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services program
Due to profitability concerns, Clover Health Investments is exiting ACO REACH, a program with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The program is aimed at improving the quality of care for people with traditional Medicare and meeting the needs of those in underserved communities. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 1, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Nikki Ross Source Type: news

CMS: Medicare Program; Medicare Secondary Payer and Certain Civil Money Penalties; Correction
Notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services making technical and typographical corrections to theOctober 11, 2023, final rule with the same title. The corrections are effective December 11, 2023. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - November 27, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Biden ’s Race Against a Cure
The Food and Drug Administration may soon approve two gene therapies with the potential to cure more than 100,000 Americans with debilitating sickle-cell disease. Now the bad news: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) may soon limit access to such breakthrough treatments. Gene…#centersformedicare #medicaidservices #cms #fda (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CMS: Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2024 Rates; Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Rural Emergency Hospital and Physician-Owned Hospital Requirements; and Provider and Supplier Disclosure of Ownership; and Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments: Counting Certain Days Associated With Section 1115 Demonstrations in the Medicaid Fraction; Correction
Notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services making technical corrections to theAugust 28, 2023 final rule with the same title. The corrections are applicable for discharges beginning October 1, 2023. This notice is effective November 9, 2023. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - November 9, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

BioStem Technologies Awarded Q Code for VENDAJE AC ® Line from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- . BSEM, a leading regenerative medicine company focused on the development, manufacture and commercialization of placental-derived biologics for advanced wound care, today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has…#pompanobeach #fla #bsem #centersformedicare #medicaidservices #cms #vendajeac #healthcare #biostem #hcpcslevelii (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CMS: Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Programs; Provider Enrollment Application Fee Amount for Calendar Year 2024
Notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announcing the application fee for providers initially enrolling in the Medicare or Medicaid programs, or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); revalidating their Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP enrollment; or adding a new Medicare practice location. The new fee is $709 and is required for applications submitted January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - November 7, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

CMS: Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
Notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking comments on the re-establishment of a matching program between CMS and the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center titled "Verification of Eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act through a Department of Defense Health Benefits Plan." The purpose of the matching program is to provide CMS with DOD data to verify individuals' eligibility for coverage under a DoD Health Benefit Plan, insurance affordability and financial assistance programs, and coverage under TRICARE. Comments are d...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - November 1, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news