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Anthem filed to revise its individual health plan offerings for 2018 to include both on-and-off exchange individual plans in 68 cities and counties in Virginia.
Department of Health and Human Services has cut funding by as much as 75 to 92 percent, forcing programs to scale back or close.
The federal program covers medical care provided to people who are injured or became ill as a result of a natural disaster if medical care is no longer available in their local area.
Despite fewer mandates, pediatric hospitals are bullish on how pay-for-quality can improve the health of their patients and their operating margins.
Supply chain represents 30 percent of hospital operations, ranking second only to labor in cost.
Bipartisan plan is being written after four hearings with insurers, providers and other stakeholders.
The group said Congress can help fortify the ACA markets and reduce premiums by making a commitment to pay for cost-sharing reductions.
Cancer care is being shifted away from the private, physician-owned community oncology clinics and into the much more expensive 340B hospital settings, the Community Oncology Alliance says.
Insurers plan sharp rate hikes next year unless Congress removes uncertainty by appropriating money to pay discounts, estimated at $10 billion in 2018.
Insurers facing a Sept. 20 deadline to file final premium rates on the exchanges must decide whether to assume CSRs will continue, increase premiums, or leave market.