Policy and Legislation
The president's plan will benefit nonprofit hospitals by reducing the number of uninsured or underinsured patients, Moody’s says.
The memorandum also directs federal agencies to review policies that undermine the ACA, Medicaid or the Health Insurance Marketplace.
Such plans have left consumers with hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills, ACAP said.
Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Ct.) is reintroducing a bill to help curb workplace violence in the healthcare sector to the 117th Congress next week.
The rule, which was to have gone into effect on January 1, is under a temporary injunction.
Health insurers are no longer immune from federal antitrust scrutiny for conduct considered the business of insurance.
President Biden says the U.S. will soon be vaccinating 1.5 million people a day.
This week's top stories include President Biden appointing new coronavirus czar Jeffrey Zients as head of the White House's COVID-19 response team and Micky Tripathi as head of National Coordinator for Health IT.
One data-driven response requires the heads of all executive departments and agencies to share COVID-19 data with the coronavirus czar.
The state’s nurses union urges Congress to pass President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.