by Jordana Choucair | Apr 26, 2022 | Providers
The American Hospital Association (AHA) released its pandemic hospital costs report, highlighting an 11 percent overall increase—as well as a 20 percent per-patient increase—in total hospital expenses from 2019 through the end of 2021. The report found that, over the...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 26, 2022 | Providers
Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure defended the agency’s planned 3.2 percent payment increase for hospitals. Brooks-LaSure said that officials want to reward facilities that are “moving to whole-person patient...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 25, 2022 | D.C. News
Congress returns this week with additional COVID-19 response funding at the top of lawmakers’ to-do list. However, a separate fight over a pandemic-era immigration policy could slow efforts to pass the $10 billion pandemic relief bill. Republicans are trying to...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 25, 2022 | Payers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent Texas a notice that it will no longer revoke the state’s decade-long uncompensated care waiver extension. CMS approved the Texas waiver, which authorizes the state to give out more than $3.8 billion to...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 25, 2022 | Payers
CMS on Friday proposed establishing special enrollment periods for certain Medicare beneficiaries. Under the proposed rule, eligible individuals include those who are impacted by an emergency or disaster, formerly incarcerated, and subject to a health plan or employer...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 25, 2022 | Providers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday outlined a bold initiative for the health care sector to reduce emissions by half by 2030 and reach zero emissions by 2050. HHS also asked health care stakeholders to publicly report their progress and...
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