by Jordana Choucair | Nov 2, 2022 | Payers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Outpatient Hospital and Surgical Center Payment System Final Rule, introducing additional measures to improve access to behavioral health services. Under the final rule, clinical staff of hospital...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 2, 2022 | Providers
A new report found that 230,609 health care providers left the workforce in 2021 due to retirement, burnout, and pandemic-related stressors. Physicians experienced the largest loss, with 117,000 professionals leaving the workforce. Over 53,000 nurse practitioners...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 2, 2022 | Transition to Value
CMS released its 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, finalizing steps to overhaul the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) to boost enrollment and address health equity gaps. CMS will offer advance shared savings payments to low-revenue ACOs and allow...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 1, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace on HealthCare.gov begins today. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 4 out of 5 of Americans who sign up will be able to find plans for $10 per month or less after accounting...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 1, 2022 | Life Sciences
Pfizer today announced promising topline results of a late-stage clinical trial for an experimental respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine. The vaccine would offer protection to infants from birth by vaccinating women while they’re still pregnant. The vaccine...
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