Policy and Legislation
The President's Commission on White House Fellowships has announced the appointment of the 2015-2016 class of White House Fellows, and seven among them work in the healthcare sector.
Member enrollment also falls below projections, despite the jump in insured population nationwide.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services on Wednesday said it would delay enforcement of the controversial two-midnight rule until the beginning of 2016, a change from the September 30 extension laid out in the sustainable growth rate replacement legislation passed by Congress in July.
It's actually a much easier promise to make than to fulfill, but that's not slowing down the Republican candidates for president.
Since the fines began, national readmission rates have dropped, but roughly one of every five Medicare patients sent to the hospital ends up returning within a month.
While hospitals in Maryland have not brought down the state's total costs of care, the all-payer system seems promising enough to state and federal leaders under universal healthcare coverage.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will lift the rate it pays inpatient hospitals in 2016 by 0.9 percent, the agency announced Friday, as long as facilities participate in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program and demonstrate meaningful use through the use of electronic health records.
Rural healthcare providers on Tuesday told members of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee that current Medicare regulations threaten to shut the doors of more rural hospitals across the United States.
The NOTICE Act would require hospitals to provide written notification to patients 24 hours after receiving observation care, explaining that they have not been admitted to the hospital, the reasons why and the potential financial implications.
U.S. healthcare spending is expected to grow by 5.8 percent through 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Tuesday, driven by the rise of expensive specialty drugs and higher insured rates under the Affordable Care Act.