Even as length of stay decreased for hip fracture patients, the disparity between Medicare reimbursements to hospitals and reimbursements to surgeons has grown in recent years for this procedure,...
In its annual March report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended a 2 percent increase in Medicare hospital reimbursement rates in 2022 and no update for...
UPDATED 03/16/21 CMS has significantly increased Medicare reimbursements rates for the administration of new COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to accelerate rollout, according to a new...
Healthcare providers in Massachusetts are getting twice the standard Medicare rate for COVID-19 vaccinations in an effort to accelerate vaccine rollout, according to a recent provider bulletin from the...
Skilled nursing facility (SNF) staffing levels across several provider types have fallen since Medicare implemented new payment rules meant to drive value over volume of services, according to a new...
As Congress gets ready to pass another COVID-19 stimulus package this week, physicians are once again calling on lawmakers to consider extending the moratorium of the Medicare sequester in a bid to...
Physician reimbursement for services performed by a doctor working for a hospital or health system is significantly higher than that paid to independent physicians for the same services, according to a...
Medicare spending on physician services decreased by $9.4 billion, or 19 percent, in the first half of 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis from the American Medical...
After Medicaid expansion in Louisiana, hospital uncompensated care costs decreased by about a third—significantly more compared to some other expansion states—with public and rural...
Healthcare spending would be about $352 billion lower in 2021 if private payers reimbursed providers at Medicare rates, according to a new analysis from Kaiser Family Foundation.
The analysis of data...
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...
A new report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has shown that hospitals have increasingly billed inpatient stays at the highest severity level, causing concern about Medicare...
Total hospital revenue will take a significant hit compared to pre-pandemic levels, spelling trouble for ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts, according to a new analysis.
The analysis prepared by...
Hospital price transparency policies are slated to save between $8.7 billion to $26.6 billion a year, but that may not make a big enough dent in the $1.2 trillion—and growing—hospital...
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in state telehealth reimbursement laws, but more progress can still be made to address the biggest barrier to telehealth adoption, lawyers...
The American Hospital Association (AHA), joined by member hospitals and other national organizations, have filed petitions asking the Supreme Court to reverse two appeals court decisions impacting...
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...
Medicaid physician reimbursement is significantly lower than commercial payer and even Medicare payments for the same services despite growing enrollment in the public healthcare program, reveals a new...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is seeking immediate relief from UnitedHealthcare’s new benefit design program that would restrict in-network diagnostic providers.
The hospital group...
Levels of claim automation have risen in healthcare over the past year, but so has the opportunity for further savings through technology, the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare, Inc. (CAQH)...
