by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 20, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
According to the American Medical Association (AMA), the cost of malpractice insurance is surging in some states, and the increased premiums threaten access to health care in areas seeing the biggest bumps. The AMA report marks the fourth year in a row of increased...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 19, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
New doctors applying to medical residency programs were likelier to avoid practicing in states with the most stringent abortion restrictions, an analysis from the Association of American Medical Colleges found. The drop in applications could exacerbate the lack of...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 7, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
A new bipartisan House bill seeks to tie physician payment rates to inflation as doctor groups have implored lawmakers to overhaul the federal pay process. The Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, introduced Thursday, aims to address concerns amid...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 29, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
A new report from Kaufman Hall says that although hospital margins remain flat, they are stable. The report found that the unpredictability that plagued hospital margins for the last three years is relaxing as small margins become the new normal. External economic...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 27, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is pushing back against the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) report to congress on hospital finances. Earlier this month, MedPAC advised lawmakers to adopt a modest 2024 Medicare reimbursement bump (1 percent...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 24, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Aledade, the nation’s largest independent primary care network, announced yesterday that Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage customers can now receive value-based care from Aledade’s network of independent primary care practices in Delaware, Maryland, and the District...
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