Hospitals Focus on Compliance as Price Transparency Imminent
In November 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that requires that hospitals, healthcare providers and insurance companies openly disclose prices to patients. A [...]
Telehealth Reimbursement Rates to be Assessed Post-Pandemic
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that telehealth reimbursement rates will be reviewed and assessed after the COVID-19 pandemic to make telehealth expansion permanent. CMS Administrator Seema [...]
ACA Enrollment Could Increase by 1 Million Due to COVID-19
Due to massive job losses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges could be adding over 1 million new enrollees. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused job [...]
Trump Administration Filed Brief to Invalidate the ACA
Last Thursday, the Trump Administration filed a legal brief to ask the Supreme Court to invalidate the Affordable Care Act. The ACA was enacted during Obama's Administration and is still [...]
Impact of COVID-19 on Revenue Cycle
During this current COVID-19 pandemic, physician practices across the country are experiencing significant challenges that have sprung up quickly. Significant financial challenges have burdened many practices, with most reporting significant [...]
The CMS Provides Guidelines for Hospitals to Reopen
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released on Sunday a set of guidelines on how hospitals are allowed to reopen for non-emergent non-COVID-19 healthcare amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]
ACOs Looking to Drop Out from Shared Savings Program
In a survey from the National Association of ACOs, fifty six percent of risk-bearing ACOs stated that they are likely to drop out of the Medicare shared savings program. Most [...]
$34 Billion Provided to Providers by the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved funding to healthcare providers via the expansion of the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program. The funding totals near $34 billion [...]
Senate Passes COVID-19 Stimulus Deal
On Wednesday, the Senate passes a stimulus deal that would aid healthcare systems across the United States. The $2 trillion stimulus deal will include $100 billion to compensate for lost [...]