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Those linked to health systems were 99% less likely to receive penalties and 29% more likely to receive performance bonuses.
Insurers can use their member data to help identify which people meet the criteria to be eligible for the vaccine, AHIP says.
This has bottom-line impacts for hospitals, especially as they look to recover financially from the worst of the pandemic.
Fitch found that operating margins and operating EBITDA increased in 2019 to 2.3% and 8.7%, respectively, up from 2.1% and 8.6% the year prior.
Total Medicare spending on acute care inpatient hospital services will increase by about $3.5 billion in FY 2021.
Providers haven't been responding to Low Utilization Payment Adjustment thresholds as expected, the analysis finds.
In response to what AHIP said was price gouging, the organization has called for policy changes to stop the practice from continuing.
Failing to initially show a positive test result for a coronavirus patient could lead to appeals and administrative headaches.
At stake is $3.2 billion in revenue for a one-day length of stay as 80% of revenue for all services is in joint replacement.
Many U.S. hospitals have already seen revenues impacted due to delayed or re-prioritized nonemergency procedures.