Tag: Healthcare spending

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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National Healthcare Spending, Prices Saw Modest Increase in 2021

National healthcare spending increased by 3.4 percent in 2021, while the Health Care Price Index (HCPI) maintained a year-over-year growth of around 2 percent, according to Altarum’s February 2022 Health Sector Economic Indicators (HSEI) briefs. Unlike the December 2021 and January 2022 briefs, Altarum included federal government expenditures in the February data, which significantly impacted […]
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High Healthcare Spending Shifts to Uninsured, Prescription Drugs

High Healthcare Spending Shifts to Uninsured, Prescription Drugs

In nearly two decades, the overall concentration of healthcare spending has remained steady, but there has been an increase in the concentration of prescription drug spending, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. To find the concentration curves of cumulative percentage of healthcare spending versus percentage of ranked population, researchers analyzed data sets from […]
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Predictive Healthcare Forecasting Key to Provider Survival in 2021

Predictive Healthcare Forecasting Key to Provider Survival in 2021

Healthcare forecasting that can adapt quickly to changes could be as critical to a provider organization’s survival in 2021 as wearing a mask to stop the spread of COVID-19, experts at PwC’s Health Research Institute are saying. Nearly three-quarters of healthcare executives (74 percent) recently surveyed by the Health Research Institute said their organizations would […]
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How AI is Solving Big Challenges During COVID-19

How AI is Solving Big Challenges During COVID-19

Artificial intelligence is changing the way we think about healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic, opening our eyes to new opportunities to use machine learning to draw useful conclusions faster. Before COVID-19, one of the biggest challenges healthcare organizations faced was how to accelerate and scale their application of AI—clinically and operationally. Now, the use cases […]
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Adjusting Medicaid Payments for Social Determinants

Adjusting Medicaid Payments for Social Determinants to Boost Care

Using a per-person adjustment for Medicaid payments to hospitals would address social determinants of health and help hospitals fund more comprehensive care, experts say. Adjusting Medicaid payments for social determinants of health would help address the broader social needs of children and cost restraints at safety-net hospitals, according to researchers from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of […]
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Affordable Care Act Plans

Affordable Care Act Plans Will Be Able To Offer Wellness Incentives Under CMS Pilot

Insurers can offer premium discounts or other incentives to engage in healthy activities, but questions remain as to whether wellness programs work. Affordable Care Act plans in 10 states will be able to offer wellness programs, as employer-sponsored plans have been doing for years. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday announced the opportunity for […]
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