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Behavioral adjustment decreases result in a 4.36% payment cut to home health, says Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare.
Safety net coverage worked as people lost their jobs and health insurance through their employers due to COVID-19, HHS says.
CMS final rule is testing new payment incentives to achieve health equity.
COVID-19's long shadow is shaping a more equitable and innovative future.
As high costs are associated with these therapies, Aetna is offering a financial protection program for CVS Caremark clients and others.
This week's top stories include a new report finding that rising costs are slowing hospitals' rebuilding of margins, senior living facilities benefiting from Alexa, and the VA being grilled over its EHR modernization effort.
The benefits, both economically and for the patient, have worked so well that hospitals are pursuing the model beyond the pandemic.
Hospitals are trying to build value-based care services on a fee-for-service chassis.
Strategies include the "payvider" trend as payers build bigger provider platforms surrounded by digital enablement.
No reason was given for the break-up during a time when consolidations are increasing.