The gap between what hospitals actually spend to treat Medicaid patients and the Medicaid reimbursement amount for that care will get about $1 billion smaller in 2021.
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The American Hospital Association (AHA) is projecting hospital financial losses to deepen by an additional $120.5 billion from July 2020 through December 2020, bringing total losses to at least $323.1...
The Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) is demanding more time to repay advanced Medicare payments made to hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Providers need to take action by today to be eligible for additional coronavirus relief payments, HHS warned on its website.
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The COVID-19 pandemic led to a dramatic reduction in hospital volumes and consequently revenues, but the providers are slowly starting to recover as patients seek more outpatient care, according to new...
New and updated COVID-19 billing guidance from CMS aims to help hospitals and alternate care sites get paid for care rendered during the public health emergency.
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The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at HHS recently announced that it will audit the distribution of $50 billion in coronavirus relief funds to hospitals and other eligible healthcare...
Nearly all hospital and health system executives recently surveyed by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) anticipated their organizations’ revenues to be lower at the end of...
In the first full month hospitals battled the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital operating margins were down by 282 percent compared to the same period last year and 326 percent below budget,...
Year over year clinical service line volumes continue to drop further across most major specialties as inpatient and outpatient volumes still experience declines from the COVID-19 crisis, according to...
Hospital payer mix played a large role in how much hospitals received from the recent $50 billion in federal coronavirus relief funding, Kaiser Family Foundation revealed in a new analysis.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on hospital visits, driving volumes to record lows. But patient volumes could be on the upswing as elective procedures resume, TransUnion...
Hospitals and health systems are slated to lose $202.6 billion from March 1, 2020, through June 20, 2020, from fighting the novel coronavirus, with financial losses averaging about $50.7 billion per...
Hospital revenue is dropping by an average of $1.4 billion per day as COVID-19 continues to impact patient volumes, according to a new Crowe RCA Benchmarking analysis.
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HHS is distributing $22 billion in payments to hospitals with large numbers of COVID-19 inpatient admissions and rural providers, according to a recent announcement.
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In an effort to bolster the healthcare system’s response to COVID-19, CMS recently unveiled additional Medicare payment flexibilities for providing telehealth, value-based care, and care outside...
HHS recently announced its plans for distributing the rest of the $100 billion provider relief fund from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, including $10 billion to...
UPDATED 04/24/2020: The House passed the coronavirus relief bill on April 23. The bill is on the president's desk.
Hospitals are to get another $75 billion in emergency funding for combatting...
UPDATED 04/04/2020: CMS has now approved over $51 billion in accelerated and advance Medicare reimbursement for providers, according to a news alert emailed to journalists on April 9. In a...
Hospital reimbursement for the treatment of uninsured COVID-19 patients could account for more than 40 percent of the $100 billion earmarked for hospitals in the latest coronavirus stimulus package,...
