Policy and Legislation
Healthcare and legal experts say if work requirement policies persist many low-income individuals with chronic conditions would lose insurance.
Physician organizations come together to help medical groups better manage the messy transition to new payment models.
Agency said in new Rural Health Strategy that it aims to improve access to care, increase quality and cuts costs by reducing readmissions and unnecessary ER visits.
Funds targeted were appropriated but never spent.
Some entities, such as ACOs, have to create work-arounds because they won't include substance use information due to existing regulations, a witness told the House subcommittee.
Kentucky Indiana and Arkansas have also received ACA waivers for work requirements under policies adopted by the Trump Administration in November.
Recent survey shows 71 percent of ACOs would likely leave Medicare Shared Savings Program if required to move to a two-sided model.
Cuts could destabilize current specialty care referral networks serving children in need of specialized care.
Reductions in uninsured rates ranged from -14.3 percent in the Guamanian or Chamorro subgroup to -4.1 percent in the Japanese subgroup.
Both states are struggling over whether or not to broaden Medicaid programs to insure more citizens.