Reimbursement
Phases 2 and 3 of vaccine clinical trials are expected by early summer and their success will be known by early winter, Fauci says.
Potential benefits to robust analytics and real-time reporting capabilities include more reimbursement dollars and better patient care.
Proposed changes to the inpatient prospective payment system would speed approval of new technology add-on payments for antimicrobials.
Insurers get a one-week extension to finalize 2021 exchange plan applications, giving them time to analyze the effect of COVID-19 in setting premiums.
AHIP and HFMA expect to issue voluntary billing guidance for outpatient services soon.
There's a crucial difference between patient satisfaction and patient loyalty, and understanding it can yield better retention.
The interim rule is extending the mitigation of shared losses back to January 2020.
The agency's goal is to ensure states and localities have the flexibility they need to ramp up diagnostic testing and access to medical care.
The groups support opening a special enrollment period for the health insurance marketplaces of the Affordable Care Act.
The ACA promised the funds for three years to make up for any losses by insurers for jumping into the market and keeping premiums relatively low.