Biden Administration Recommits to COVID-19 Reimbursement
The Biden administration will provide COVID-19 reimbursement to clinicians vaccinating uninsured patients, according to new CMS guidance. The guidance released on Feb. 26, 2021, stated that providers...Hospital Uncompensated Care Costs Grew to $41.61B in 2019
Hospital uncompensated care costs increased right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, according to new data from the American Hospital Association (AHA). AHA data showed that hospitals incurred a new...CMS Cost Reporting Delayed as Hospitals Question Proposed Changes
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...Over 40% of Hospitals Seeing Bad Debt, Uncompensated Care Increase
A new survey of hospital executives and finance leaders has found that bad debt, uncompensated care, and self-pay patients have all gone up since the start of the pandemic, adding to other revenue and...Limited Reimbursement Paid Out for Uninsured COVID-19 Treatment
A program designed to offset the costs of uninsured COVID-19 patients during the public health emergency has paid out limited reimbursement to providers, according to a recent report from the Kaiser...Sponsored by Experian Health