Susan Morse
U.S. health insurers will remain profitable under the most likely scenarios, despite the highly uncertain severity and duration from COVID-19.
Cost sharing is being waived for in-network primary care, behavioral health and telehealth visits.
Hospital revenues fell 13% in March due to COVID-19, according to the company's flash report.
$12 billion is going to 395 hospitals that provided inpatient care for 100 or more COVID-19 patients.
New funds should not be used to cover the cost of treating the uninsured, though Congress needs to address that, providers say.
The interim rule is extending the mitigation of shared losses back to January 2020.
HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy awarded $5 million to develop cross-state licensure for clinicians.
The rules move the healthcare system from an environment built by providers and payers to one in which patients are in control, Rucker says.
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.