Amazon is among bidders lining up to buy in-home health technology and services provider Signify Health, according to The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News.
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U.S. employer healthcare costs projected to increase 6.5% in 2023
Average costs for U.S. employers that pay for their employees’ healthcare will increase 6.5% to more than $13,800 per employee in 2023, largely due to economic inflation pressures, according to professional services firm Aon.
This projection is more th…
Home health agencies protest 2023 proposed payment rate cuts
Home health agencies have written to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services protesting the proposed 4.2% payment rate cut in the 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update and Home Infusion Therapy Services Requirements
HHS and federal departments issue final rules to clarify dispute resolution process in No Surprises Act
The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury have issued final rules concerning standards related to the arbitration process in implementing the No Surprises Act.
Insurers may be violating No Surprises Act over Qualified Payment Amounts
In possible violation of the No Surprises Act, health insurance company calculations of Qualified Payment Amounts for anesthesiology, emergency medicine and radiology services – and possibly other specialty services – likely include rates from primary …
CMS releases roadmap to the end of the public health emergency
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a roadmap to ending the COVID-19 public health emergency as health officials are expecting the Biden administration to extend the PHE for another 90 days after mid-October, according to Politico.
Medicare Advantage lacking for mental health coverage
Overall customer satisfaction with Medicare Advantage plans has increased this year, thanks largely to improvements in billing and payments, cost and provider choice. But according to the new J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Medicare Advantage Study, some concerni…
Nonprofit hospitals’ outlook downgraded to ‘deteriorating’ by Fitch
Due to labor and other macro inflationary pressures, Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for nonprofit hospitals and health systems to “deteriorating.”
CDC will make monkeypox vaccine available at LGBT events
The federal government will have monkeypox vaccines available at LGBT, Pride and other events, the White House Monkeypox Response Team and federal officials said today.
At special events, 50,000 doses will be available. But because these are two-dose …
