Policy and Legislation
Consulting firm CedarBridge Group Founder Carol Robinson says the APIs may be the key to fix workforce shortages.
Announcement falls short of national emergency status which would have triggered release of federal funds.
Bill would have insurers paying $3.1 billion in rebates to government, consumers, report said.
A federal judge expressed skepticism that President Trump's decision to halt certain insurance subsidies would cause consumers immediate harm, as California and many other states claim in a lawsuit.
Emergency room overcrowding is caused by lack of access to care, and the focus should be there, ACEP says.
Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act turned Medicaid into a lifelong program for people it was never meant to support, Verma says.
Spending rises as states that implemented Medicaid expansion started to pay 5 percent of the costs of those enrollees in January 2017.
Cuts to safety net entitlement programs would pose a significant risk to providers' reimbursement of care for older, sicker and disabled populations.
Rule would cut Medicare Part B drug payments to hospitals participating in the 340B drug discount program.
Alexander-Murray bipartisan healthcare bill to stabilize Affordable Care Act has 24 co-signers,12 senators from each party.