Susan Morse
The Home Smart Clinic is aimed at filling the gaps in care of traditional telehealth.
The deal is being made with investments from Walgreens Boots Alliance and Evernorth, the health services subsidiary of Cigna.
CDC says it is seeing the highest influenza hospitalization rates going back a decade.
Marriage of public health and routine medical care would create a system based on common sources of funding and metrics, says Dr. Darshak Sanghavi.
The payments will be made over 10-15 years, with neither company admitting wrongdoing.
Combined with a 4% Medicare cut from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act, physicians say they are looking at a nearly 8.5% cut.
CMS is establishing a new Rural Emergency Hospital model to help prevent rural hospital closures.
Medicare payments to home health agencies in 2023 will increase in the aggregate by 0.7%, or $125 million, compared with 2022.
Due to expanded subsidies, 4 out of 5 people can get a plan for $10 a month or less, Secretary Xavier Becerra says.
The rule creates special enrollment periods and improves the administration of the Medicare Savings Programs.