Medicare & Medicaid
Hospitals await the final rule on inpatient payment, with the AHA saying the proposed increase does not meet the cost of care.
Executives said separating the company into the two units will encourage collaboration and accelerate work to centralize operations.
An estimated 284,000 parents are now eligible for 12 months of postpartum coverage through the extensions, the agency said.
Changes are sought before CMS releases the IPPS final rule.
Implementation is expected to promote more consistent use of nationally standardized quality measures and promote health equity.
Grantees will provide enrollment and renewal assistance to children and their families, as well as expectant parents.
However, Clover will be exiting two of its smaller markets, the counties of El Paso, Texas, and Pima, Arizona.
Both the AHA and America's Essential Hospitals say they are pleased CMS is ending 340B payment cuts.
It includes proposed enhanced payments for the additional costs of purchasing domestically made NIOSH-approved surgical N95 respirators.
Authors said the major insurers are padding their bottom lines by disguising profits as costs.