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About $20 million has been awarded to 11 organizations for the first of a five-year program to provide training and education about the Quality Payment Program for clinicians in individual or small group practices

$20 Million Awarded for Quality Payment Program Training

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Up to an additional $80 million to be invested into training program over remaining four years
For patients with hereditary angioedema with C1 inhibitor deficiency

Lanadelumab Active in Angioedema With C1 Inhibitor Deficiency

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Reduced cleavage of high-molecular-weight kininogen and reduction in attacks of angioedema
Cyberattacks remain a serious threat to small providers as well as big institutions

Cyberattacks Remain Serious Threat to Health Providers

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Processes, technology should be boosted against cyberthreats, which are becoming more sophisticated
Forty-four percent of U.S. adults are worried about having their personal health care information stolen

Health Information Theft a Pressing Concern for U.S. Patients

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44 percent of U.S. adults are worried about having their personal health care information stolen
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule in relation to new reforms intended to stabilize individual and small group health insurance markets for 2018.

CMS Rule Set to Stabilize Small Health Insurance Markets

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Rule includes special enrollment period pre-enrollment verification, flexibility in level of cover
More heat waves

Experts Warn of Health Threats From Climate Change

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Additional 250,000 deaths/year projected from heat stress, malnutrition, infectious diseases
Health care spending is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 5.6 percent from 2016 to 2025

Health Care Spending Expected to Grow 5.6% Annually to 2025

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National health expenditures expected to represent 19.9 percent of gross domestic product by 2025
Sublingual grass pollen immunotherapy is not associated with improved nasal response to allergen challenge versus placebo at three-year follow-up in adults with moderate-to-severe seasonal allergic rhinitis

Sublingual Grass Pollen Immunotherapy Has Little Effect

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No significant difference from placebo in patients with moderate-to-severe seasonal allergic rhinitis
For patients with moderate/severe atopic dermatitis

Reduced Immune Response After Intradermal Flu Shot in Eczema

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Reduced immune response after intradermal vaccination among patients colonized with S. aureus
All caregivers for children at risk of anaphylaxis should have a written action plan and epinephrine auto-injectors readily available

AAP Provides Guidance on Anaphylaxis Emergency Plans

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Pediatricians suggest families of at-risk children have written action plan