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Prices for outpatient, inpatient, professional services, and prescription drugs increased between 3.5 and 9 percent in 2015, report says.
Number one place to focus is on capturing accurate, complete clinical documentation in support of accurate coding, Leigh Williams says.
Health officials, policy experts call that step backwards to long waits for coverage, high prices, limited benefits and few health plan choices.
Over five years, legislation would include $550 million in additional funding for FDA, $1.75 billion annually in added spending for NIH.
CMS is considering new measures for nursing homes, hospitals, clinician practices, and dialysis facilities, among other settings.
Department of Justice asserts Anthem would use its clout to get lower reimbursement rates from hospitals, doctors.
The four hospitals combined will require more than $300 million in state operating assistance in FY2017 to keep doors open, the report said.
HHS Office for Civil Rights said lack of firewall to blame; breach exposed private information of more than 1,600 people.
The disease is still a public challenge, however, and the organization said it remains dedicated to responding to the virus.
There is still no way to decrypt the virus, first discovered in March. It's now spreading via Facebook messenger.