by Jordana Choucair | Apr 19, 2022 | Payers
The CMS released the proposed Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule, representing a 3.2 percent increase in FY 2023 payments. The agency also wants to add health equity measures to the hospital inpatient quality reporting program, including one that...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 19, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
A federal judge struck down the mask mandate on public transit, less than a week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had extended it through May 3. The judge ruled that the mandate exceeded the CDC’s authority and said it is up to individual...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 18, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families released a brief regarding the impact of COVID-19 on children’s insurance coverage. According to the brief, children are the biggest eligibility group in Medicaid, especially in the 12 states that haven’t...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 18, 2022 | Payers
Bright Health announced it will no longer offer individual and family plans in six states next year as the company attempts to stabilize its finances following a rough year. The insuretech said that the markets in the six states – Illinois, New Mexico, Utah, Oklahoma,...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 18, 2022 | Providers
The Biden administration announced it is providing a $226.5 million boost to efforts to build up the community health worker pipeline. The funding will be allocated from the American Rescue Plan workforce dollars for the Community Health Worker Training Program, which...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 18, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
More than six months after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) established an office on climate change and health equity, there remains no dedicated funding or staff to support it. HHS originally established the office to study the “cascading” impacts of...
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