Medicare & Medicaid
Urban Institute analysis shows there may be an expansion of health insurance options in 2021, as national insurers are reportedly reentering market.
CMS also announced changes to other alternative payment models to adjust for the COVID-19 pandemic.
HHS is providing an additional $250 million, while giving hospitals until the end of the day to submit their revenue information.
The additional funds that are required are "substantial," the AHA said, and should be distributed in a quick and equitable manner.
Facilities with a one-star quality rating are more likely to have large numbers of COVID-19 cases than facilities with a five-star rating, CMS says.
Insurers will be issuing a total of about $2.7 billion in refunds, estimates the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Patients want access to everything, according to focus groups interviewed by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Some of the telehealth provisions extended on a temporary basis will be made permanent, CMS Administrator Seema Verma says.
CMS said it wanted to finalize some proposed policies before the MA and Part D bid deadlines on June 1 for the 2021 plan year.
Better interoperability between devices could result in the "silent ICU" in which alarms are not constantly going off by a patient's bed.