The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently released its budget proposals for fiscal year (“FY”) 2022, requesting funding to facilitate Qualified Independent Contractors’ (“QIC”) operations at both the ...
On May 10, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a proposed rule updating Medicare policies under the acute-care hospital inpatient prospective payment system (“IPPS”) for fiscal ...
In a bulletin posted February 1, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) announced that "We will transition to InterQual criteria for all benefit plans effective May 1, 2021." Although not specified in the announcement, the implication is ...
2020 has been unprecedented in many ways. As the grim year ends on a more hopeful note – with frontline healthcare workers receiving the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccines ...
With Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden now widely acknowledged as the president-elect of the United States, the nation’s attention has turned to the question of what to expect when the ...
On October 2nd, US Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar extended the public health emergency (PHE) due to COVID-19 for another 90 days beyond the previous expiration ...
With the COVID-19 pandemic still in full force across the United States, payers are trying to reassure patients and providers that they have no need to worry about the cost ...
With COVID-19 cases surging throughout much of the US this summer, hospitals face a grim financial picture. As expenses increase and patients continue to stay away, hospitals have seen a ...
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, most states have seen encouraging trends in recent weeks, with decreases in new cases and deaths attributable to the virus. With the ...
Note: This article was originally written on April 8, 2020. It was revised on April 15, 2020 to reflect new developments. The situation continues to change by the day. As ...
