Reimbursement
Providers are also looking for full accelerated payment forgiveness for all hospitals, among other provisions.
Although Medicare won't pay for monoclonal antibody treatments that providers receive for free, it will reimburse for the infusion.
Patients tend to trust reviews, while physicians don't, and the physicians just may be right.
Some patients remain wary of going into the clinic, with lack of transportation and other issues being a nagging barrier.
Congress has already decided it doesn't want the entire law to fall, says Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
The severability issue of the individual mandate is where "the rubber hits the road," says AHIP Attorney Pratik Shah.
When one factors in length of stay, the average hospital charge increased the longer patients were there, and they continued to vary by age group.
For one health system, robotic process automation equates to about 27,000 hours in a month saved, which correlates to around $500,000.
Higher revenues through September were offset by rising expenses of 3.5% year-over-year, according to Kaufman Hall report.
Certain new and innovative equipment and supplies will qualify for the additional Medicare payment.