Reimbursement
With fewer elective procedures due to widespread restrictions, the telehealth share of total medical claim lines has increased greatly.
HHS is providing an additional $250 million, while giving hospitals until the end of the day to submit their revenue information.
The additional funds that are required are "substantial," the AHA said, and should be distributed in a quick and equitable manner.
The insurers claim that CVS submitted claims for payment at artificially inflated prices and concealed the true cash price of the drugs.
Facilities with a one-star quality rating are more likely to have large numbers of COVID-19 cases than facilities with a five-star rating, CMS says.
Customers who were eligible to pick a Medicare Advantage plan earlier this year, but could not because of the pandemic, are entitled to a special enrollment period.
Insurers need to project the future cost of delayed elective procedures and total expenses of COVID-19 care.
Patients and families want to know what has changed from when they were told to stay at home.
Some of the telehealth provisions extended on a temporary basis will be made permanent, CMS Administrator Seema Verma says.
'A comprehensive consumer-facing digital strategy built around telehealth will be a requirement for providers,' says Guidehouse Partner Dr. Chuck Peck.