by Jordana Choucair | Nov 18, 2022 | Providers
The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a new policy that aims to protect residents who are training at teaching hospitals bought by private equity firms. The policy is in response to concerns that firms are trimming operations to increase profits following...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 18, 2022 | Providers
Intermountain Healthcare named Robert Allen as its new president and CEO effective December 1. Allen joined Intermountain in 2008 and has served as its chief operating officer since 2017. He will replace Interim President and CEO Lydia Jumonville, who has been leading...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The Urban Institute released a new policy brief revealing that 62 percent of Medicaid recipients are unaware that states will redetermine their Medicaid eligibility when the COVID-19 public health emergency ends. Approximately one-third (30.6 percent) of respondents...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Senators Bill Cassidy and Tom Carper introduced new bipartisan legislation that would offer Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in the Medicare-Medicaid Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) different options for Part D coverage. Currently, seniors on PACE...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Oregon will become the first state to make access to affordable health care a constitutional right after voters passed Ballot Measure 111. However, the measure’s impact is unclear because it does not outline how the state should ensure that everyone has coverage or...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2022 | Providers
Findings from the Commonwealth Fund’s 2022 International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians indicate that half of primary care physicians (PCPs) in 10 high-income countries have experienced increased workloads since the COVID-29 pandemic. In the U.S., 63...
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