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 | 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...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 21, 2022 | Providers
The federal government charged 21 people in Medicare fraud schemes, totaling approximately $149 million in false Medicare billing related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The schemes included printing phony vaccination cards and selling fake test results, as well as more...
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 15, 2022 | Providers
Kaiser Permanente announced plans to double the size of its efforts to address housing instability with another $200 million. Since the Thriving Communities Fund’s inception in 2018, the initiative has preserved or produced more than 7,000 affordable housing...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 13, 2022 | Providers
BHSH System, the newly formed combination of Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health, announced a $19 million investment to expand the nurse training pipeline in western Michigan. Half of the funding will support a collaboration with Grand Valley State University to train...
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