HHS, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is doling out another $2 billion in Provider Relief Fund payments to healthcare providers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. More...
As COVID-19 cases rapidly increase, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the renewal of the COVID-19 public health emergency for an additional 90 days.
The extension provides hospitals and...
COVID-19 tests spiked growth in Medicare spending in 2020. Meanwhile, spending for non-COVID-19 lab tests experienced a decline, according to a report from the HHS Office of the Inspector...
Through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS is awarding $48 million in grants for community-based organizations in rural and tribal areas to bolster the healthcare workforce in...
HHS announced the distribution of approximately $9 billion in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 payments to reimburse healthcare providers who experienced pandemic-related revenue losses and...
A new report from researchers in HHS' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) shows that most states have enacted laws to protect consumers from surprise billing,...
The Bident Administration has announced $7.5 billion in COVID-19 relief funds from the American Rescue Plan for rural healthcare providers who treat Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program...
HHS is creating a federal advisory committee to address ground ambulance billing practices in its latest step toward No Surprises Act implementation.
In an announcement on Friday, HHS said the Ground...
A group of Representatives have announced the Provider Relief Improvement Act to ensure that the remaining dollars left in the Provider Relief will be distributed to eligible healthcare providers in...
HHS has reduced the Medicare appeals backlog at the Administrative Judge Level by 79 percent, which puts the department on track to clear the backlog by the end of the 2022 fiscal year.
As of June 30,...
The Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) has opened the portal for healthcare providers to apply for part of $25.5 billion in COVID-19 relief funds.
The American Rescue Plan Act will...
The Biden-Harris Administration has released a long-awaited interim final rule that will explains how payers and providers will agree on an out-of-network rate when surprise billing occurs. The rule...
The Biden-Harris Administration recently announced $1 billion in awards to health centers for modernizing their facilities.
Approximately 1,300 health centers funded by the Health Resources and...
HHS and other federal departments have released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would impose civil monetary penalties of up to $10,000 on providers and facilities with surprise billing...
HHS will distribute $25.5 billion in COVID-19 provider funding, including $8.5 billion from the American Rescue Plan for rural providers and a fourth round of general Provider Relief Fund distribution...
Congress allocated $178 billion to the Provider Relief Fund to help hospitals overcome the financial and operational challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the primary distribution method for the aid...
In December 2020, Congress passed the No Surprises Act to reduce unexpected medical bills on patients. But implementing the regulations by the January 2022 deadline might be a challenge for...
Two Senators introduced the Provider Relief Fund Deadline Extension Act, a bipartisan bill that would extend all Provider Relief Fund (PRF) benefits through the end of the year or the end of the...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that HHS communicate information of the department’s plans for unused Provider Relief Fund money.
A report released publicly on July...
One in five privately insured families who had in-network deliveries in 2019 received surprise bills for childbirth or newborn hospitalizations, according to a study published in JAMA Health Forum....
