Medicare & Medicaid
New CMS report requested by HHS Secretary Becerra shows savings can be passed on to Medicare beneficiaries in 2023.
The draft suggests removing Medicare's in-person visit requirement, protecting audio-only telehealth and supporting provider use.
Extended coverage is now available in 11 states and has been proposed in several more states as well as Washington, D.C.
The AHA recommends the DOJ establish a task force to examine routine denials from major health insurance companies.
Raising prices has been a common strategy after a private equity acquisition, and patient outcomes have suffered as well, group says.
CMS is expected to release the final inpatient payment rule later this spring.
When averaged out, the figure comes to 224% above Medicare rates for all employers and private insurers, down from 2018.
After the waiver, the share of patients with at least one outpatient telehealth visit climbed to about 10%.
Hospitals could face a greater number of uninsured patients as facilities remain financially strained by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Twenty-five percent of primary care physicians provided 86% of the care, and 25% of specialists, on average, provided 75% of the care.