The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule, which provides some additional flexibility on network adequacy standards, implements legislative requirements allowing end stage renal disease beneficiaries to enroll in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans beginning in 2021, and finalizes certain changes to the MA and Part D Star Ratings systems.
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Study Shows COVID-19 Body Count 20 Times Higher Than Seasonal Flu Deaths
Confusion about lethality comparisons may be owing to "a knowledge gap" in how the CDC reports on seasonal influenza and COVID-19. ...
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Study Puts U.S. COVID-19 Infection Fatality Rate at 1.3%
As alarming as the numbers appear, the researchers said, their estimates "may be slightly conservative." ...
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Fact check: Hospitals get paid more if patients listed as COVID-19, on ventilators
Sen. Scott Jensen, R-Minn., a physician in Minnesota, was interviewed by "The Ingraham Angle" host Laura Ingraham on April 8 on Fox News and claimed hospitals get paid more if Medicare patients are...
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Coronavirus becomes number one cause of death per day in U.S., surpassing heart disease and cancer
COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, is now the deadliest disease in the United States, killing more people per day than cancer or heart disease. According to a graph published...
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4 Ethical Dilemmas for Healthcare Organizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
There has already been rationing of testing in the United States and rationing of critical care resources is likely if severely ill COVID-19 patients surge significantly. ...
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