Policy and Legislation
The group says the provider network serving rural Americans is fragile and more dependent on Medicare revenue.
It includes changes intended to protect people exploring MA and Part D coverage from confusing marketing practices.
The plan includes eight goals and accompanying strategies that outline what HHS said must be accomplished to further the Cancer Moonshot.
HIMSS23
Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) members Scott McKeithen, Marleen Welsh and Charles Baschnagel preview their panel at HIMSS23 on the ways biosurveillance helps public health officials during pandemics.
It also includes proposals for the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program.
That's three years later than the prediction from the 2022 report, which projected a 2028 time frame for when the fund would evaporate.
CMS says the rule takes initial steps in a larger effort to address what it sees as fraud, waste and abuse.
AHIP President and CEO Matt Eyles says he fully expects an appeal.
Senators Cassidy and Merkley contend that MA plans have a financial incentive to make beneficiaries appear sicker than they are.
The FDA has approved the first nonprescription OTC naloxone nasal spray, Narcan.