Accounting & Financial Management
The focus will be on ensuring rural communities have access to primary care, emergency services and specialty care.
The move is part of a multiyear initiative to overhaul the system's approach to medical debt.
Fifteen percent of providers and 25% of payers report having an established AI strategy in 2024.
Payments to insurance agents incentivize them to base referrals on financial considerations, DOJ says.
This is an 8% decline following the expiration of pandemic-era policies that temporarily increased star ratings for some plans.
2025 would be the third consecutive year of health benefit cost increases above 5%, following a decade of about 3% increases.
Eighty hospitals want a reversal of a final rule that includes Medicare Advantage in payment calculations.
Compensation increased more than 5% for many specialties but only increased 3.6% among primary care specialties.
The company cut about $2B worth of total debt and added $2.5 billion in exit financing.