Tag: Healthcare providers

Healthcare spending could drop $11.4B next year if ACA premium subsidies expire, research finds

Healthcare spending could drop $11.4B next year if ACA premium subsidies expire, research finds

Healthcare spending could drop by more than $11.4 billion next year if enhanced premium tax credits enacted in the American Rescue Plan expire, new research finds. Hospital spending would decline by $3.8 billion, while spending on physician practice services would drop by $1.3 billion, according to a report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and […]
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HHS Distributes $1.75B in Phase 4 COVID-19 Provider Relief Funds

HHS Distributes $1.75B in Phase 4 COVID-19 Provider Relief Funds

  Around 3,600 healthcare providers that have experienced pandemic-related revenue losses and expenses will receive payments through this round of Phase 4 COVID-19 Provider Relief Funds. Through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS has released the fifth round of Phase 4 COVID-19 Provider Relief Funds, which includes $1.75 billion for healthcare providers that […]
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Government Accountability Office asks CMS to assess telehealth quality for Medicaid beneficiaries

Government Accountability Office asks CMS to assess telehealth quality for Medicaid beneficiaries

The U.S. Government Accountability Office is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to gauge the effect that an increase in telehealth utilization is having on the care quality experienced by Medicaid beneficiaries. The GAO cited statistics showing usage continues to rise. GAO culled data from five states – Arizona, California, Maine, Mississippi and […]
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AHA Asks CMS to Waive Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization During PHE

AHA Asks CMS to Waive Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization During PHE

CMS encouraged Medicare Advantage plans to waive prior authorizations during the public health emergency, but AHA urged the agency to make it a requirement instead of a suggestion. The American Hospital Association (AHA) has asked CMS to work with Congress and require Medicare Advantage plans to waive prior authorization processes during the current and future […]
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Telehealth Update: New Bill Could Provide Much Needed Certainty to Providers and Patients

Telehealth Update: New Bill Could Provide Much Needed Certainty to Providers and Patients

On Monday, February 7, 2022, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, and Todd Young, R-Indiana, introduced the Telehealth Extension and Evaluation Act, which if passed, would extend several of the telehealth waivers for two years after the end of the federal public health emergency (PHE).  See our previous coverage of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
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