Reimbursement
Key funding programs are set to expire at the end of the month, hospital group says.
CMS should make advance payments available to all ACOs working to achieve health equity, their letter says.
Across all practices, the median revenue amount from value-based contracts was $30,922 per provider.
In July 2022, overall prices grew 8.5% from the previous year, but prices for medical care increased only 4.8%.
Currently, a nurse or physician is required to be physically present in the home for providers to be reimbursed by Medicare.
The AHA wants Congress to halt Medicare payment cuts and extend or make permanent certain waivers, among other requests.
One organization has engaged legal counsel, saying it hopes deficiencies identified will be corrected in the final rule.
Some extremely low QPAs bear little to no resemblance to the actual in-network rates in a given geographic area.
Health officials have told Politico that HHS will extend the PHE again in October.
This comes despite a rapid decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations following the winter surge, with the challenges expected to be widespread.