Policy and Legislation
In addition to the patient care benefits, integration of virtual technology in mental healthcare can boost cost savings and efficiency.
Readmission risk decreased about 3% for Black patients, and stayed roughly the same for Hispanic and white patients.
Democratic leaders question what they call CMS' unauthorized use of billions from the Medicare Trust Funds.
Non-emergent ambulance transports are in the top 20 Part B services with improper payments, CMS said.
The larger national insurers and Blues plans are in a better position than the smaller insurers, due in large part to their Medicare Advantage plans.
A new conservative appointee could be the deciding vote in the constitutionality of the ACA.
The model encourages increased use of home dialysis and kidney transplants to help improve the quality of life.
Its recommendations include lifting limitations on originating sites, allowing telehealth for various types of conditions and reinstating the HIPAA provisions temporarily lifted during the public health emergency.
Meeting the objectives of the final rule will be necessary to ensure compliance by January 1.
"Most favored nation" approach would break from GOP free-market orthodoxy by tying Medicare payments to what other nations pay.