Mallory Hackett
Moody's predicts that states with the largest increases in Medicaid enrollment will benefit the most from the FMAP extension.
Called FIRE Wire, the solution will allow physicians and their teams to share messages, referrals and patient data with community-based organizations.
The memorandum also directs federal agencies to review policies that undermine the ACA, Medicaid or the Health Insurance Marketplace.
The rule, which was to have gone into effect on January 1, is under a temporary injunction.
Essential workers have the highest rates of adverse mental health outcomes compared to all other employment groups surveyed by the CDC.
The AHA data doesn't yet include figures from the COVID-19 pandemic that consumed much of 2020.
The state's nurses union urges Congress to pass President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.
Analysts predict that the uptick will continue and that this year could be record-setting for physician practice deals.
Rule requiring payers to implement APIs for data sharing and to streamline prior authorization is "half-baked," AHIP says.
The data will be used in a study to assess how physician practice mergers and hospital acquisitions of physician practices affect the marketplace.