Policy and Legislation
MACPAC also wants more guidance on the implementation of telehealth and weighs in on DSH payments.
The resulting research will be used to improve state and local health departments' ability to implement and improve interventions.
At issue are discrepancies between state survey agencies and CMS-approved accrediting organizations, such as the Joint Commission.
Congress is hammering out premium stabilization measures that may or may not include CSRs or be part of omnibus spending bill.
CMS Administrator Seema Verma suggests Idaho's state-based plans could be modified to be sold as short-term health insurance.
Director of Pharmacy Plan Services says Azar is out-of-touch as the discounts are unfair to healthier members of the plan who are footing the bill.
The new API, debuted at HIMSS18, enables patients to securely share their Medicare claims history using a new HL7 FHIR standard.
The government-wide MyHealthEData initiative is led by the White House Office of American Innovation.
Enacting both legislative provisions could lower premiums by up to 27 percent in 2019, the letter said.
Meanwhile, 45 percent of likely Democratic voters want the president and Congress to focus on healthcare.