Policy and Legislation
The AHA, AMA and others are urging HHS to maintain the public health emergency, which is set to expire in mid-May.
Hospitals could face a greater number of uninsured patients as facilities remain financially strained by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Neither Mississippi, nor any other state, should substitute their own views for a physician's expert medical judgment, AMA says.
HIMSS22
DHA Director Lt. General Ronald Place covers the agency's priorities in supporting healthcare for the military.
The organizations said that if the tax credits expire, enrollees could see premiums increase and many would be priced out of care.
Protecting access to healthcare includes safe and legal abortion care, says HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Optum Care will purchase Atrius' charitable assets for $236 million, with the proceeds going to the Atrius Health Equity Foundation.
HIMSS22
Micky Tripathi, the HHS national coordinator of health information technology, talks about what's ahead for info blocking rules and FHIR APIs in the next year.
A central concern about capitated payments is the potential to deny both access and payments in an attempt to increase profits, OIG says.
Standardized plan options will be required at every network type and at every metal level starting in 2023.