Policy and Legislation
The impact of the payment policies would result in an increase of about $444 million in Medicare Part A payments in 2022.
Vaccine confidence is increasing, but more needs to be done to convince Americans to get their shots.
Getting more consumers covered means less uncompensated care for hospitals, which places significant importance on access.
Under white bagging, the specialty pharmacy is reimbursed by the payer, while the physician is paid only a drug administration fee.
The plan would spend $400 billion toward expanding access to home-based or community-based care and improving the wages of caregivers.
Four out of five consumers will be able to find a plan for $10 or less per month with the newly expanded financial assistance.
Better resource-allocation and mitigation strategies could result in fewer COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Monthly Update: HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock recaps some of March's biggest healthcare stories, including policy updates, big tech moves and how to sign up for a vaccine at three major pharmacy chains.
Ciitizen's Deven McGraw, formerly of OCR and ONC, breaks down the big health policy changes coming our way.
The team drew no conclusion about the role of the Huanan market in the origin of the outbreak, or how the infection was introduced into the market.