Federal officials announced two updated quality indicator submission requirements for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) on Thursday.
House Appropriations Subcommittee spending plan takes axe to new health law
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 18, 2012
The House Appropriations Subcommittee passed a draft 2013 spending bill Wednesday that dramatically slashes healthcare outlays.
CMS boosts payments, incentives for dialysis centers
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 03, 2012
Medicare payments to providers that offer outpatient maintenance dialysis treatments will increase 2.5% in calendar year 2013, regulators said.
Diabetes-related lower limb amputations are declining, study finds
Jan 26, 2012
The rate of foot and leg amputations in diabetics over the age of 40 fell 65% between 1996 and 2008, according to a recent report.
ALFA: Alzheimer’s taskforce ignores assisted living options
Jan 26, 2012
In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Assisted Living Federation of America said it was “dismayed to see the lack of acknowledgment of the role assisted living has in caring...
Report: Triggered Medicare cuts would hit hospitals harder than nursing homes
Nov 23, 2011
Nursing homes will be impacted less than hospitals and physicians if the automatic cuts to Medicare providers are implemented, a new report finds. The 2% across-the-board Medicare cuts are scheduled as...
U.S. life expectancy drops; death rates rise for Alzheimer’s, flu, study finds
Dec 13, 2010
Americans’ life expectancy has dropped by one month, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Early results of the report showed that a baby born in 2008 could...
CDC encourages healthcare workers to get vaccinated for flu
Sep 14, 2010
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging healthcare workers to get the annual flu vaccine.
U.S. life expectancy rises to new record in 2007
Aug 20, 2009
Life expectancy in the United States reached a new high in 2007, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Meanwhile, the mortality rate fell for...
CDC predicts H1N1 virus to affect 40% of Americans
Jul 28, 2009
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet Wednesday to decide on an approach for inoculating Americans against the H1N1 virus. That comes...