Policy and Legislation
The program provides formula funding to states and territories for increasing access to FDA-approved OUD treatments.
CMS is expected to release the final inpatient payment rule later this spring.
The task is to strengthen behavioral health and outcomes for those with serious mental illness or substance abuse issues.
Zoom supports the CONNECT for Health Act 2021 that would prevent the telehealth cliff when the PHE ends.
The deadline is next week for HHS to give providers a promised 60-day notice to the end of the PHE.
The AHA, AMA and others are urging HHS to maintain the public health emergency, which is set to expire in mid-May.
Hospitals could face a greater number of uninsured patients as facilities remain financially strained by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Neither Mississippi, nor any other state, should substitute their own views for a physician's expert medical judgment, AMA says.
HIMSS22
DHA Director Lt. General Ronald Place covers the agency's priorities in supporting healthcare for the military.
The organizations said that if the tax credits expire, enrollees could see premiums increase and many would be priced out of care.