Medicare & Medicaid
Agency has issued blankets waivers to unburden providers, opened special enrollment period for Medicare beneficiaries to get, change coverage.
That result surprised researchers, since the ACA's Medicaid expansion has increased access to surgical care overall.
Americans are dissatisfied with how both parties in Congress are handling the issue, with Democrats and Republicans faring almost equally poorly.
Agency says navigators are required to give consumers information on association and short-term insurance, as well as ACA qualified health plans.
ACO MSSP generated savings of $1.84 billion from 2013 to 2015, nearly double the $954 million estimated by CMS, according to NAACOS.
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.