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UnitedHealth Group previously announced $50 million to fight COVID-19 by supporting healthcare workers, seniors and hard-hit communities.
Providers continue to face critical shortages of critical care staff, ventilators, masks and other personal protection equipment.
Half of U.S. physicians say they have treated a patient with COVID-19 symptoms, while three-quarters report not being able to test easily.
Should states win their case to regulate how PBMs contract with pharmacies, plan costs will rise, AHIP says.
Revenue is tanking, while expenses are going up, as organizations prepare for big surges in coronavirus cases.
The proposal would fully fund telehealth services and devices for eligible healthcare providers, although some aren't pleased with its exclusion of for-profit hospitals.
Prior authorization requirements have hindered freeing up hospital beds due to delays in getting inpatients to post-acute care.
Consumers will feel these increased costs through higher out-of-pocket expenses and premiums, especially if the federal response is lacking.
HHS and CMS should immediately distribute funds to every hospital at the rate of $25,000 per bed, or $30,000 in hot spots, AHA says.
Cities that adopted early, broad isolation and prevention measures had lower disease and mortality rates during the Spanish flu era.