Of more than 2,600 hospitals graded, a total of 32 percent earned A’s, 24 percent earned B’s, 37 scored C’s, 6 percent got D’s and just under 1 percent received an F.
Insurers are using artificial intelligence and machine learning to review medical records, optimize care for people with chronic conditions, identify at-risk patients, set premium prices and more.
Federal officials are hailing the introduction of services such as transportation to medical appointments, home-delivered meals and installation of wheelchair ramps as a way to keep beneficiaries healthy and avoid costly hospitalizations. But not many plans are offering the services in 2019.
A ballot initiative to fund Medicaid expansion with a tobacco tax failed in Montana on Tuesday. The expansion will expire in the state in June 2019, unless the legislature finds another way to fund it.