by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
A new study asserts that while payers should cover telehealth, where these services are the most valuable still requires investigation. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made the rules about telehealth usage more flexible during the COVID-19...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
President Joe Biden on Friday rolled out a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs, including a crackdown on scam insurance plans, new guidance to prevent surprise medical bills, and an effort to reduce medical debt tied to credit cards. A proposed rule on...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
A new report from the Urban Institue says that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) quality bonus program is ineffective in many cases as it overpays Medicare Advantage organizations and needs reform. The bonus program, established by the Affordable...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed cutting reimbursements to home health providers by 2.2 percent in fiscal 2024 in a draft regulation published Friday. Home health advocates were universally upset with the proposed rule on...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
UnitedHealthcare will end out-of-pocket costs for its 24/7 Virtual Visits in some of its fully insured plans beginning July 1. The insurance giant revealed the change through a notice to its brokers about the new offering. According to the alert, the $0 cost for these...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries given home-delivered meals in the four weeks after being discharged from a hospital were not only less likely to be readmitted within 30 days, they were also less likely to die, according to a study in JAMA Health Forum. The 2018...
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