Susan Morse
To avoid over-burdening physicians, providers must align non-competing interests and minimize the administrative burden of multiple payment models, authors say.
Reasons cited include an uncertain healthcare environment, escalating costs, declining reimbursements and a softened local economy.
Minuteman Insurance Company will begin writing business as of January 1, 2018.
Republicans are short on votes needed for bill to pass due to five Senators who will not give their support, including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
The number of uninsured by 2026 would increase by 22 million, 1 million less than what was estimated under the House bill.
Consumers who let their coverage lapse for 63 days would be locked out of the insurance market for six months the following year.
These organizations have superior processes for communicating complex financial issues to patients in understandable ways, says HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer.
In the short term, there's immediate stability for insurers in the bill's funding for cost-sharing reduction payments through 2018.
Cost-sharing reduction payments continue through 2019 in bill that stabilizes health insurance market, says Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The insurer gave as reasons the return of the health insurance tax and the uncertain future for cost-sharing reduction payments.