Category: Modern Healthcare

Of the 148 applications the GAO analyzed, reviewers granted orphan status to 26 that were missing required information.

The HHS secretary on Tuesday expounded on the Trump administration’s vision to overhaul Medicare financing.

As many as 9000 patients of the multi-specialty group had their data exposed when a third-party vendor posted the information to its website.

The CMS found Medicare Advantage plans’ provider directories have widespread inaccuracies for the third year in a row, which could lead to fines for the insurers.

About 55% of hospitals earned Medicare incentive payments in 2019 under the Hospital Value-based Purchasing Program, slightly fewer than in fiscal 2018 when 57% of the hospitals did, or just under 1,600.

The Trump administration gave states a blueprint for repealing certificate-of-need laws and urged them to push against industry consolidation.

Most providers that adopted by 2016 tended to be in larger practices and members of certain specialties, such as radiology, according to a new study.

The CMS will update star ratings for Hospital Compare in February after a 14-month delay to resolve issues with the model, but the agency did not address some of critics’ biggest concerns.

Moody’s maintained its negative outlook on the not-for-profit hospital sector as weak volume trends, reimbursement compression, more Medicare patients and growing bad-debt loads will limit revenue growth.

Telemedicine is being underused by providers in substance use disorder treatment, and expanding its reach could allow millions more people to score access to treatment, according to a new analysis.