Medicare & Medicaid
As patients turn to Facebook Google and Yelp to learn about hospitals, healthcare executives should understand the implications.
The total spend increase for CRM devices is 8 percent, which translates to a $400 million estimated cost increase for hospitals.
The analysis, done for PhRMA, found that 320 hospitals marked up some medicine prices more than 1,000 percent.
Bipartisan concern over Medicare policies driving hospital consolidation has been long-standing, but conflicting evidence has clouded the waters, lawmakers said.
Under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, hospitals participating in Medicare are required to screen and stabilize emergency room patients.
WellCare said in May that it would have the top Medicaid membership market share in Michigan and Illinois, increasing its leading market position from four to six states.
The study found an immediate reduction in the percentage of people hospitalized without insurance, particularly among states that expanded Medicaid.
The unpopular proposal to collapse payment rates for certain office visit services could hurt physicians, other healthcare professionals that treat the sickest patients, the groups said.
The work will focus on challenges including behavioral health, women and infant care, substance use disorder and avoidable emergency department visits.
There are potentially substantial financial benefits to be gleaned from sociodemographic adjustment for safety net hospitals.