Reimbursement
To ease physician burden during COVID-19, non-physician practitioners will be able to perform documentation duties.
The recommendations allow hospitals in areas with a low incidence of COVID-19 to schedule elective surgeries again.
If such facilities can't bring in new residents, their business model essentially collapses.
The action is being taken to rapidly expand COVID-19 testing, particularly for those with Medicare and in nursing homes.
NAACOS and others want CMS to hold harmless providers participating in alternative payment models from performance-related penalties for 2020.
Having rolling budget forecasting, following coding guidelines and anticipating patient behavior changes will help with the coronavirus aftermath.
HHS has partnered with UnitedHealth Group to provide the rapid payment via Optum Bank and the Automated Clearing House account information on file.
The funding is unlikely to fully compensate providers for the revenue hit caused by cancelled elective surgeries and by labor and PPE costs.
For each person admitted into intensive care, costs, on average, could exceed $30,000, according to an AHIP study.
The data was gathered before COVID-19 began its spread across the globe, meaning the outlook for rural hospitals may yet worsen.