Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have reintroduced the Rural Hospital Support Act, which has drawn support from the American Hospital Association.
The AHA applauded the bill’s efforts to modify and extend some Medicare payments to ru…
Oak Street Health, a network of value-based primary care centers based in Medicare, and kidney management company Interwell Health have announced the launch of OakWell, a joint venture to offer primary care to end-stage kidney disease patients directly…
The Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund may be running dry. When are federal agencies predicting it will happen? We’ll examine that issue and more in this week’s Top Stories, including digital health companies’ startup efforts, and a Northwell agree…
University of Michigan Health has identified that many members of its healthcare workforce are experiencing high levels of burnout, mirroring trends that are occurring among clinicians and healthcare staff around the country. This, said U-M Health, thr…
The Department of Justice has appealed a decision by a Texas court to block preventive care covered under the Affordable Care Act for HIV, reproductive health and other interventions.
The appeal was filed on March 31 in the United States District Court…
In a bid to put protections in place for Medicare Advantage, the Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is finalizing a rule it said would strengthen MA and hold health insurance companies to hi…
Positioned as a framework for society and the federal government to collaborate on ending cancer, the Department of Health and Human Services released a National Cancer Plan this week, developed by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Can…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System for fiscal year 2024.
It also i…
Inpatient psychiatric facility payments are estimated to increase by 1.9%, or $55 million, in 2024 relative to 2023, in the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System proposed rule released by the
Average Affordable Care Act benchmark premiums have increased 3.4% for the 2023 coverage year according to a new analysis from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
It also found that premiums are greatly affected by the number of insurers competing in …
