Susan Morse
Many health systems and hospitals nationwide are experiencing the worst year financially since the start of COVID-19, health system says.
A health equity index would be added to the star ratings program.
Overall stock prices were down by 700 points Thursday morning on the news of a half-point rate hike and potentially more increases to come.
Congress has numerous bills, questions on cost and a "boatload" of data for CBO to sort through.
CMS is proposing a risk adjustment user fee for the 2024 benefit year of $0.21 per member per month.
Catholic health systems and organizations won their case against the Department of Health and Human Services.
The physician organization is strongly urging Congress to stop the 4.5% payment cut scheduled for January 1, 2023.
The clinical workforce must be cyber aware, and the cybersecurity team must become clinically aware, experts say.
The value proposition is making sure everyone is using the same process for cyber risk quantification.
Efficiencies introduced in these policies would save physician practices and hospitals more than $15B over a 10-year period, CMS says.