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While spending cuts will be needed, more taxes will be required to ensure the short-term stability of the program, Urban Institute found.
Addressing emissions has the potential to not only improve health but also provide cost-saving opportunities, committee says.
Hospitals have not seen "a dime" of federal funds to address the Delta and Omicron variants, AHA says.
Across all practices, the median revenue amount from value-based contracts was $30,922 per provider.
This projection is more than double the 3% increase to healthcare budgets that employers experienced from 2021 to 2022.
Some extremely low QPAs bear little to no resemblance to the actual in-network rates in a given geographic area.
The majority of bad debt now is associated with patients with insurance, contributing to the net revenue challenge for hospitals.
Results of the HealthEdge survey show the pace of change has led to shifting priorities for health plan leaders.
This comes despite a rapid decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations following the winter surge, with the challenges expected to be widespread.
A $37.2 million net loss in Q1 spurred the decision to resize the organization, which CEO Vijay Kotte said "was not made lightly."