Tag: Health care Providers

HRSA_ Over 5M Claims Paid for Uninsured COVID-19 Vaccinations

HRSA: Over 5M Claims Paid for Uninsured COVID-19 Vaccinations

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has paid over 5 million claims for COVID-19 vaccinations of uninsured Americans, according to a recent announcement. The claims were paid through the HRSA COVID-19 Claims Reimbursement to Health Care Providers and Facilities for Testing, Treatment, and Vaccine Administration for the Uninsured, a program funded by pandemic-related legislation […]
Clinicians Serving Socially At-Risk at a Disadvantage Under MIPS

Clinicians Serving Socially At-Risk at a Disadvantage Under MIPS

  Clinicians who served more patients with social risk factors such as low income performed worse in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System’s inaugural payment year, and therefore, received unfavorable value-based reimbursement, according to a new study. The study recently published in Health Affairs found that out of 510,020 clinicians participating in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in […]