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Moody's predicts that states with the largest increases in Medicaid enrollment will benefit the most from the FMAP extension.
Patients feel that customer experience is an important part of their healthcare journey, and a key reason to stay with a provider or abandon it.
The president's plan will benefit nonprofit hospitals by reducing the number of uninsured or underinsured patients, Moody's says.
The rule, which was to have gone into effect on January 1, is under a temporary injunction.
The numbers speak to the struggles the healthcare industry faces as it remains in the midst of the battle against the coronavirus.
The AHA data doesn't yet include figures from the COVID-19 pandemic that consumed much of 2020.
HHS is encouraging all relief fund recipients who have received aggregate payments exceeding $10,000 to establish a reporting account.
Getting paid has become imperative during a time when both hospitals and patients may be cash-strapped.
The approval has been met with opposition over fears that Medicaid block grants cause vulnerable populations to lose access to healthcare.
The report found that 53% of hospitals in the bottom quartile of the area wage index for 2020 were in rural areas.