Reimbursement
States will have the ability to allow individuals to use ACA subsidies when buying short-term limited duration plans.
Even with the 1.5 percent decline in silver plan rates for 2019, consumers have been dealt a net rate increase of 69.2 percent from 2016 to 2019.
Repeal would end the ACA's most popular provision, to cover those with preexisting conditions.
Health and hygiene company RB said consumers who purchase certain products at Walmart will receive a free medical video visit.
The use of preoperative beta blockers, tobacco use, and surgical site infections were independent predictors of readmission within 30 days, but day of discharge was not.
CMS takes credit for introducing waivers and a reinsurance program for insurers to submit high-cost claims into a risk pool.
No hospital in the state will be penalized the maximum allowable 3 percent, but nine will be hit with 1 percent or more.
Spending by private payers has grown at a faster clip, with growth hitting 7.4 percent compared to 2.3 percent for public payer spending.
The top three clinical episodes selected are major joint replacement of the lower extremity, congestive heart failure, and sepsis.
Hospital margins of 10 percent and greater are the result of insurers paying too much, study says.