Policy and Legislation
Access to mental healthcare and on-site medical clinics are also top-of-mind as employers anticipate future struggles.
This is just the latest report to suggest many nonprofits skimp on their community contribution requirements.
The resolution unlocks the reconciliation process, by which Congress can expand Medicaid to an estimated four million more people.
The policy is meant to ensure that at-risk patients in smaller settings have the same opportunities as others to receive the vaccination.
The bill would remove the requirement that a provider has to be physically present when a patient receives their infusions.
In 2019, Medicare spent $321 more per person for MA enrollees than it would have spent for traditional Medicare beneficiaries.
The Delta variant has driven a rise in cases among nursing home residents from a low of 319 cases on June 27, to 2,696 cases on August 8.
Coverage options under the Affordable Care Act helped keep the national uninsurance rate stable despite job losses, according to the Urban Institute.
This week's top stories include Verily beefing up its clinical trial platform with its acquisition of SignalPath and President Biden pushing for lower drug prices in his $3.5 trillion budget proposal.
HIMSS21
Tom Leary, senior vice present of government relations at HIMSS, discusses Patient ID Now, pandemic response and the telehealth cliff at HIMSS21.