Compliance & Legal
Reimbursement levels will go back to pre-coronavirus levels when the pandemic ends, but Congress may be pressured to make lasting change.
The tools could help payers manage the demands of standards-based interoperability challenges, and also offer security, identity management and consent management.
Providers need time to prepare to implement the final rule, scheduled to go in effect Jan. 1, 2021, at a time when they are facing the coronavirus pandemic and its resulting financial issues.
The ACA promised the funds for three years to make up for any losses by insurers for jumping into the market and keeping premiums relatively low.
The guidance is meant to empower local hospitals and healthcare systems to rapidly expand their capacity to treat coronavirus patients.
Anthem claims the DOJ has violated the law in holding Medicare Advantage plans to payment standards that are not applied to regular Medicare.
It's granting exceptions and extensions from reporting requirements for clinicians and providers participating in Medicare programs such as MIPS and Shared Savings Program ACOs.
The complaint charges that the merger would eliminate the competition that has traditionally benefited patients.
Francisco Patino was allegedly portrayed as a legitimate doctor through the publication of a diet book and plan described as the "next Atkins."
AMA officials say the playbook aims to dispel some of the "myths and misconceptions from an array of complex federal and state laws surrounding patient electronic access to medical information."