Medicare & Medicaid
Uncertainty surrounding the Affordable Care Act will lead insurers to continue to pull back from some online marketplaces or exit them altogether.
Federal standards requiring states find ways of delivering care to Medicaid enrollees in home, community-based settings kicks in 2022, not 2019.
David R. Scrase, MD, says quality reporting made him a better physician; David L. Hahn, MD, said it adds to physician burnout.
Study found no evidence that imposing a copayment reduced the use of home healthcare, would increase out-of-pocket costs.
The IG said Medicare should have done an in-depth review of 96 hospitals that submitted "aberrant data patterns" in 2013 and 2014.
To keep insurers in the market and bring costs down, leaders might feel compelled to seek essential benefits, pre-existing condition exemptions.
Nearly 9,000 physicians were surveyed by Black Book; research shows technology dominated MACRA trends.
With only a two-vote Republican majority and no likely Democratic support, it would take only three GOP "no" votes to sink the bill.
Between 34-59 percent of physicians remain in practices of nine or fewer, while roughly 39 percent are employed by hospitals.
Medicaid patients were 20 percent more likely than privately insured patients to wait 20 minutes or longer, study says.