Medicare Advantage plan payments are expected to get an 8.5% revenue increase for 2023. This is an increase over the 7.98% proposed in the February advance notice.
Despite the increased demand for patient care in 2021, the growth in national healthcare spending is estimated to have slowed to 4.2%, from 9.7% in 2020, according to the 2021-2030 National Health Expenditure report released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Providers are bracing for the end of government funds to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
Beginning late last week, the Biden Administration extended postpartum healthcare coverage to as many as 720,000 pregnant and postpartum people across the U.S., who are now assured Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage for a full 12 months after pregnancy.
More than 90% of patients in a new survey say they’re satisfied with the service provided by local healthcare providers, but they’re frustrated with certain aspects of their care, including wait times and price transparency.
Geisinger, an integrated health system of over 3 million patients in the central, northeastern section of Pennsylvania, had a problem faced by hospitals and patients nationwide: Type 2 diabetes.
Inpatient psychiatric facility payments are expected to increase by 1.5%, or $50 million next year under Medicare’s Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System proposed rule for fiscal year 2023.
CVS Health has entered into an agreement with the State of Florida to pay the state $484 million to resolve claims dating back more than a decade related to prescriptions for opioid medications that were filled at Florida CVS Pharmacy locations.
The American Hospital Association is prompting the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice to update its merger guidelines, in response to a request by the two federal agencies for comments and suggestions on how to overhaul the merger rules. The FTC and DOJ have solicited suggestions on how to modernize the guidelines […]