Medicare/Medicaid
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Strategy
An Urban Hospital on the Brink Vs. the Officials Sworn to Save ItTrinity Health, a national Catholic tax-exempt chain, wants to close Mercy Hospital and Medical Center on Chicago's Near South Side...
Strategy
Biden's First Order of Business May Be to Undo Trump's Policies, but It Won't Be EasyExecutive orders issued by the president can be summarily overturned by a new executive order. Agency "guidance" can similarly be...
Finance
U.S. Healthcare Spending Grew 4.6% in 2019, Hit $3.8TThe rate of growth in 2019 was down slightly from the 4.7% rate in 2018 and consistent with the average...
Finance
Continuing Resolution Delays $4B DSH Cuts For One WeekPresident Donald J. Trump is expected to sign the resolution, which delays a government shutdown that would have taken effect...
Strategy
Patients Struggle to Find Prescription Opioids After NY Tax Drives Out SuppliersPain patients in New York have lost access to vital medicine since July 2019, when the state implemented an excise...
Covid-19
CMS Expands Access for COVID-19 Antibody TreatmentMedicare will not pay for the monoclonal antibody products that providers receive for free but will reimburse providers for the...
Strategy
Biden Plan to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age to 60 Faces Hostility From HospitalsMedicare reimbursement rates for patients admitted to hospitals average half what commercial or employer-sponsored insurance plans pay.
Covid-19
How COVID Death Counts Become the Stuff of Conspiracy TheoriesWe asked experts to explain how death counts are done and to discuss whether the current figure ? an estimated...
Strategy
California's Progressive — and Expensive — Health Care Ambitions Rely on Biden WinIf Republican President Donald Trump prevails, Democratic state lawmakers worry, they?ll be forced to scale back their ambitious plans.
Finance
Medicare Fines Half of Hospitals for Readmitting Too Many PatientsThe penalties are the ninth annual round of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program created as part of the Affordable Care...
Strategy
Virtual Training for Healthcare Organizations Is Here to StayHCPro instructor Kimberly Hoy answers questions around virtual instructor-led training needs and implications for healthcare organizations during COVID and beyond.
Strategy
Sen. Graham Complains That 3 Blue States Get a Third of ACA FundingHis statement got us wondering if those numbers are true.