Patient Engagement
An extension would give providers predictability, which they need to expand capacity and invest in staff and tech, groups say.
The move bucks a current trend of MA providers exiting certain markets, such as Centene and UnitedHealthcare.
The agency said it will be proactive against healthcare entities that block patient access to their health information.
The facilities violated the Nursing Home Reform Act, in part by failing to develop care plans for their residents, DOJ says
Included Health uses tech infrastructure to incorporate care, plan, cost and quality data into one place that can be accessed by an app, says President Robin Glass, president of Included Health.
Consumer complaints to state and federal regulators declined considerably after the law's implementation, data shows.
The implications of a less inclusive physician workforce could worsen the projected nationwide shortage of more than 130,000 physicians by 2030, study finds.
The virtual care program will try to reduce 30-day readmissions for heart failure patients.
The success of this program speaks to the promise of AI as a tool to help doctors make diagnoses, one researcher says.
The wide variation in prices is not tied to quality, says a Trilliant Health report.