by Jordana Choucair | Oct 31, 2022 | Payers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new rule that creates Special Enrollment Periods for people to enroll in Medicare. The rule aims to reduce disparities in care and promote health equity by eliminating barriers to enrollment. It...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 31, 2022 | Providers
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an updated report on its previous 12 hospital compliance audits. The OIG identified 387 improperly paid Medicare claims totaling $82 million in overpayments, 333 of which were...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 31, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that U.S. hospitalizations due to the influenza virus so far this fall are higher than they have been in over a decade, signaling an early start for the flu season. The CDC estimated that there have already...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 28, 2022 | Health IT
A study published in JAMA Network Open found that COVID-19-era emergency department (ED) patients who had follow-up appointments via telehealth more often returned to the ED or were hospitalized than those who followed up with doctors in person. Compared to patients...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 28, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that people of color with a COVID-19 diagnosis were much less likely to receive Paxlovid and other treatments than white patients. Between April to July 2022, Paxlovid treatment was 36 percent...
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