Better-targeted federal relief, continued telehealth reimbursement, and help acquiring personal protective equipment are some ways primary care providers can maintain financial stability as the...
Healthcare remains one of the top priorities for the Biden administration as it inherits an ongoing pandemic and the unstable future of the Affordable Care Act. But the President is already unveiling...
Healthcare organizations from across the care continuum are calling on Congress to act before the moratorium on the 2 percent Medicare sequester expires on Mar. 31, 2021.
Congress has paused the...
The risk of rural hospital closures has increased significantly since the onset of COVID-19, drawing concern for care access and community health, according to a Center for Healthcare Quality and...
The COVID-19 pandemic has permanently changed the healthcare business model, causing providers to rely more on scale and efficiency to maintain financial stability in 2021 and beyond.
At least those...
Hospitals still have some time before they recover from historic patient visit reductions during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to a new analysis.
Hospital patient visits are unlikely to...
After COVID-19 disrupted the healthcare system last year, finance teams adjusted processes to provide budget flexibility and rolling forecasts and will continue to do so in 2021, according to Syntellis...
Physicians are asking for adequate reimbursement for all COVID-19 vaccines and their administration, according to a new policy statement from the American College of Physicians (ACP).
The statement...
Nearly all Medicare providers have been impacted by at least one COVID-19 pandemic-related regulatory change, the Commonwealth Fund reports.
Under the Trump administration, there were 244 Medicare...
HHS has amended the Provider Relief Fund reporting timeline in order to give those who received over $10,000 in payments more time to attest how they used the funds.
The federal department announced...
Soon after the crowds disperse from the Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021, newly minted President Joe Biden will be working to enact a roughly $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan that will impact hospitals and...
The American Medical Association (AMA) has added new codes to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set to account for the COVID-19 vaccine candidate from Janssen Pharmaceutica, a division...
Alex Azar has resigned as head of HHS to make room for President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for HHS Secretary following his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021.
Azar was sworn in as the 24th HHS Secretary...
CMS has delayed the filing deadline for cost reports by two months for most healthcare organizations because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The agency posted in a COVID-19 Frequently Asked...
Medical staff credentialing vendors have risen to the challenge of meeting emerging needs, such as credentialing providers for telehealth during the pandemic, KLAS reports.
Healthcare organizations...
HHS has renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency, extending key regulatory flexibilities such as Medicare telehealth reimbursement and higher rates for COVID-19 hospitalizations through April.
The...
Hospitals experienced increased COVID-19 nursing staffing demand, as well as ICU bed occupancy, during the fall surge of new coronavirus patients, according to new data published in the Epic Health...
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry was confused, scrambling, and scared. Patients did not know when and where it was safe to seek care and providers were overwhelmed with patients needing care for a disease they...
Healthcare forecasting that can adapt quickly to changes could be as critical to a provider organization’s survival in 2021 as wearing a mask to stop the spread of COVID-19, experts at...
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to historic patient volume losses, and many major hospital service lines continue to see a significant impact on their volumes because of rising cases and lasting changes...
