Since the government is going to pay for the cost of the vaccine, CMS wants to ensure that insurers will not make cost a barrier, Seema Verma says.
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Hospitals in new or resurgent COVID-19 hotspots enact stricter visitation policies
The virus is resurgent in many areas, adding to fears that it will compound with influenza to create headaches for healthcare.
$1.5B Children’s Healthcare hospital to be named after donor, owner of the Atlanta Falcons
Expected to open in 2025, the $1.5 billion facility will offer cardiac, hematology/oncology and transplant services.
Pandemic-era burnout: How physicians manage crushing workloads and IT demands
In the third feature story in our burnout series, physicians discuss the stressors of 2020 and offer helpful tips on how their peers can combat burnout.
Health leaders question how, not if, value-based care should be implemented
Stakeholders argue which form of accountable care organization is best for delivering value-based care.
Higher margins and lower medical loss ratios present a challenge for insurers in setting premiums
Affordable Care Act medical loss ratio rebates in 2021 will likely be exceptionally large across commercial markets.
Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health complete merger
A second school of medicine campus will be built in Charlotte and a new critical care, ER and surgery tower will be constructed.
HCA Healthcare will return CARES Act funding after strong preliminary Q3 results
The announcements point to the company’s financial recovery from the pandemic.
AMA president on the ACA: Americans must have ‘affordable, meaningful coverage’
In a virtual town hall Thursday, policy experts weighed in on pivotal healthcare issues in the upcoming election, including the Affordable Care Act.
CMS announces new repayment terms for Medicare loans to providers during COVID-19 pandemic
Repayment will now begin one year from the issuance date of each provider or supplier’s accelerated or advance payment.
