Reimbursement
The bill has bipartisan support to lift restrictions on Medicare coverage for telehealth.
Over 55% of hospitals will receive higher Medicare payments under the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program.
In total, Affordable Care Act insurers in a class action lawsuit will receive over $1.5 billion in damages from 2017 and 2018.
Mergers and acquisitions helped grow revenue but it's taking health systems longer to realize expected synergies.
Hospitals should obtain more valuable data insights, set performance improvement goals and better engage physicians, finds Kaufman Hall.
To capture revenue that would otherwise be lost, providers need to jettison ink and paper in favor more modern solutions.
Most states would see diminished capacity in their health centers unless they're able to offset the financial shortfalls.
Few adults have the knowledge and ability to obtain health insurance information that can impact their ability to best use their benefits.
One the biggest challenges is that the payment system isn't aligned with paying for social determinants across cross sector collaborations.
A limited public option that largely preserves employment-based insurance would have only a small impact, while Medicare for All is an existential threat, Moody's says.