Policy and Legislation
The final regulations must make clear what constitutes emergency services, including post-stabilization care, AHIP says.
The ANA cited the Delta variant of COVID-19 as a complicating factor that has exacerbated workforce shortage challenges.
Hospitals in Louisiana and Mississippi were already overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients before Ida hit.
The funding is aimed at broadening access to behavioral healthcare for children.
The office will work with hospitals and health systems to reduce carbon emissions, officials say.
Access to mental healthcare and on-site medical clinics are also top-of-mind as employers anticipate future struggles.
This is just the latest report to suggest many nonprofits skimp on their community contribution requirements.
The resolution unlocks the reconciliation process, by which Congress can expand Medicaid to an estimated four million more people.
The policy is meant to ensure that at-risk patients in smaller settings have the same opportunities as others to receive the vaccination.
The bill would remove the requirement that a provider has to be physically present when a patient receives their infusions.