Jeff Lagasse
The AHCA would raise employment and economic activity at first, but lower them in the long run, due to reductions in support for health insurance.
The CBO estimated that 23 million more would become uninsured if the bill were to become law.
Beginning this year, clinicians participating in MIPS have to report on six quality measures to be eligible for a bonus payment.
The group also adopted policies on other emerging healthcare topics, such as extending CMS' locum tenens 60-day limit.
This reflects what HRI calls a "new normal," a continuation of medical cost trends hovering in the single digits and fluctuating modestly.
Some high-priced drugs like Sovaldi, a hepatitis C drug which initially cost $84,000, involved no rebates until other competitors came to market.
Part of the reason, the report said, is because independent doctors are largely entering into partnerships with each other.
Current CEO John Flannery will be replaced by Kieran Murphy, who is currently president and CEO of GE Healthcare Life Sciences.
Senators also pressed Price on matters relating to the American Health Care Act, the GOP bid to repeal and replace the ACA.
The 70-bed Sunbury Community Hospital in Sunbury, and the 47-bed Lock Haven Hospital in Lock Haven, will become the newest additions to the system.