Medicare & Medicaid
One reason is the decrease in spending on prescription drugs, from fewer opioids being dispensed to a drop in treatment for hepatitis C.
The hospitals that rely on Medicare payments may have to cut services due to the $380 million payment reduction, the lawsuit says.
Smaller and rural hospitals outpace urban providers in performance measures -- except for clinical care.
Mental illness and substance use disorder are still the main driver of acute hospitalizations among homeless adults.
Insurers have two weeks left to sign-up consumers, as Trump Administration plans to allow ACA subsidies to cover non-Obamacare insurance.
The rule directs pharmaceutical manufacturers to disclose the maximum per unit ceiling price that can be charged to 340B hospitals.
Medicare Advantage, managed Medicaid and provider-sponsored plans, represent the bulk of the SMB market.
CMS is proposing to give Medicare Part D drug plans flexibility to negotiate discounts for drugs in "protected" therapeutic classes.
This year, 1.92 million people have selected plans, compared to 2.27 million last year when open enrollment began a day earlier.
After a judge blocked the attempt, CMS opened a new federal public comment period and says it believes KY HEALTH promotes the objectives of Medicaid.