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Bill would negate a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rule cutting $1.6 billion for drugs purchased by certain hospitals covered under the 340B program.
Suggestions include allowing enrollees to buy drugs at the pharmacy they prefer.
Improper payments decreased $5 billion from a total $36.2 billion due mostly to documentation errors.
The value-based models resulted in 6 percent fewer hospital inpatient admissions and 7 percent fewer emergency department visits.
The government said it intends to collect from insurers the full 2016 risk corridors payments this month.
The Senate Finance Committee is currently considering a tax reform bill that eliminates the mandate and penalty for not having coverage.
Despite GOP efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, 470,000 more consumers this year have signed up during the first two weeks of open enrollment.
And that frustration could mean they fall short of payment incentive goals, SA Ignite says.
At the AMA's interim meeting over the weekend, David Barbe, MD told group members that AMA is making progress to improve the usability of EHRs, mobile devices and interoperability.
Hospitals lost nearly $40 billion treating Medicare patients in 2013, experts say.