Billing and Collections
The bill now moves to the Senate, where it needs 60 votes to pass before the current moratorium ends on March 31.
At least 65% of the top 100 largest hospitals were "unambiguously noncompliant" with the rule as of early February.
Stays at the highest severity level are vulnerable to inappropriate billing practices, OIG says.
Similar to the COVID-19 vaccine, Medicare will cover these infusions for the duration of the public health emergency.
Although RAND said price regulation is the most effective way to reduce spending, the researchers said this method has the most opposition.
Prior authorization continues to be the area with the lowest adoption rate, with only 21% of medical plans having fully electronic transactions.
The AHA data doesn't yet include figures from the COVID-19 pandemic that consumed much of 2020.
Northwell reportedly sued thousands of patients last year for unpaid medical bills averaging $1,700.
The report found that 53% of hospitals in the bottom quartile of the area wage index for 2020 were in rural areas.
An individual diabetes patient can expect to pay about $9,600 each year on diabetes medical costs alone.