CMS should eliminate mandatory mid-year changes and providers should be given more opportunity to give feedback, groups tell Seema Verma, Adam Boehler.
Category: Health Insurance
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health’ Health Care’s Back (In Court)
It’s been a wild week for health policy, mostly because of developments surrounding two different legal cases. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHN’s Julie Rovner to sort it out with a discussion of a setback for Medicaid work requirements and the Trump administration’s decision to back a lawsuit claiming the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. Also, Rovner interviews filmmaker Mike Eisenberg about his movie “To Err Is Human: A Patient Safety Documentary.”
Repeat heart attack and death linked to hospitals with low care scores
In low-scoring hospitals, 3 percent of heart attack patients returned to the hospital for a new heart attack within 30 days.
For children’s hospitals, the move to value-based care is a choice — and some are opting in
While value-based care isn’t a mandate for pediatrics, there are still incentives to make the switch and provide the best care for patients.
Federal Judge Again Blocks Medicaid Work Requirements
The decision applies only to Kentucky and Arkansas, and many experts expect the administration and other conservative states to continue to move forward on rules that would limit coverage for people who don’t work.
Artificial Intelligence in healthcare projected to be worth more than $27 billion by 2025
The ability of AI to improve patient outcomes and the growing potential of AI-based tools for older patients are creating growth opportunities.
Centene to acquire WellCare for $15 billion
The deal will enable Centene to build out its Medicare and Medicaid offerings, company officials said.
With Medicare-for-all unlikely to pass, is Medicare buy-in option a realistic alternative?
With the most expensive medical care in the world and shorter life expectancies, the US is in what the authors dub a healthcare crisis.
House Democrats unveil Affordable Care Act stabilization bill
The legislation would protect pre-existing conditions and also aims to lower costs, though passage of the entire package is unlikely.
Hospitals improve financial performance, but volumes are slipping
The underperformance in volume was a trend that held nationally for the most part, with discharges remaining steadily in decline.
