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Insurers get a one-week extension to finalize 2021 exchange plan applications, giving them time to analyze the effect of COVID-19 in setting premiums.
AHIP and HFMA expect to issue voluntary billing guidance for outpatient services soon.
Consumer-centric digital services could become the new norm, according to CEO and President Larry Merlo.
Persistent flaws in the ability to accurately ID and match patient records are hindering two must-haves on the road to reopening: contact tracing and, eventually, vaccine administration.
A continuous cardiorespiratory monitor uses a much larger data set for an analysis of risk for a subacute, potentially catastrophic, illness.
U.S. health insurers will remain profitable under the most likely scenarios, despite the highly uncertain severity and duration from COVID-19.
Cost sharing is being waived for in-network primary care, behavioral health and telehealth visits.
Hospital revenues fell 13% in March due to COVID-19, according to the company's flash report.
$12 billion is going to 395 hospitals that provided inpatient care for 100 or more COVID-19 patients.
New funds should not be used to cover the cost of treating the uninsured, though Congress needs to address that, providers say.