Medicare & Medicaid
However, overall hospital quality star ratings will not include Patient Safety Indicator results for fiscal year 2018 due to a software issue.
The Assistance and Alignment tracks of the Accountable Health Communities Model will begin on May 1 for a five-year performance period.
If coverage of the low spenders declines, insurers' ability to offer affordable coverage to high spenders with greater need will also decline.
Efforts to gain votes from holdout conservatives repelled moderate Republicans in House; placating moderates kept conservatives from signing on.
The work requirement is one of the most controversial features of Kentucky's proposed strategy to drastically remake its Medicaid expansion.
Relatively few physicians said these resources improved care "a lot," significantly reduced costs, study says.
Only about half of the physicians surveyed think it's an effective model for delivering cost-effective or high-quality care, survey says.
But America's Health Insurance Plans says it does not fully support the just-announced payment rate because it falls a little short.
Insurer says CMS violated the law's requirement that Medicare Advantage insurers be subject to the same actuarial standards as Medicare.
Insurers are already seeing success, experts say, and they won't be quick to give up those savings.