State-by-state, physicians will find differing standards on when they’re required to check prescription drug monitoring databases before prescribing opioids, even as their professional organizations continue to fight mandatory requirements. 

You don’t have to go back too far to find out what U.S. Rep. Tom Price, MD, R-Georgia, may favor as a replacement to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) if he’s confirmed as HHS Secretary under President-elect Donald Trump.

President-elect Donald Trump said his replacement for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be “insurance for everybody,” potentially putting him at odds with his own party’s healthcare proposals in Congress.

Some $25 million in funding from CMS will help implement a new model for rural hospitals in Pennsylvania designed to improve access to care in less-populated areas and put struggling hospitals on more solid financial footing.

With a presidential transition bringing in a HHS Secretary opposed to mandatory bundled payment programs and other demonstrations at the agency, providers may be tempted to think the transition to value-based care may grind to a halt in the coming years. Not so, according to Archway Health CEO Dave Terry. 

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has released its strategic plan for the next three years, a time which will be filled “opportunities and challenges” that are “amplified in light of a new presidential administration and shifts in legislative activity.”

The Joint Commission, working with CMS, has released a list of clarifying recommendations in response to the use of text messaging for patient care orders.

In his first press conference since July 2016, President-elect Donald Trump confirmed he favored an “essentially simultaneous” repeal-and-replace of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and said his nominee to take over HHS, U.S. Rep. Tom Price, MD, R-Georgia, will be introducing details of the plan after he’s confirmed.