Pam Kehaly, CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, said that when COVID-19 hit, everything she thought she knew about the healthcare workplace came crashing down - in the best way.
These are the three things that Kehaly learned that changed her outlook:
Nearly anything can be done in far less time than you think.
At the...News
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) lacked the authority to ensure that hospitals had appropriate emerging infectious disease preparedness plans in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The OIG conducted this audit to asses how CMS is...National News
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission voted to recommend Congress create a new value incentive program to reward skilled nursing facilities for good performance. MedPAC also approved a recommendation for Congress to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and begin to report patient experience measures for...Arizona News
The pandemic’s adverse effect on mental health has been well documented and much discussed. But the strain on children, who have been deprived of in-person school and interactions with friends, has been especially worrisome.
The last nine months have been especially difficult for kids with existing mental health issues, as...Arizona News
As of June 1st, Arizona has identified 20,123 cases of COVID-19 and 917 deaths. On Tuesday, June 2, the state reported 1,127 new infections of the novel virus, the highest number reported in a single day since the outbreak began.
The state's total number of reported positive COVID-19 cases jumped 4.2% on Saturday, signaling the...Arizona News
Coronavirus cases are beginning to infiltrate Arizona prisons and the odds are stacked against the facilities where inmates live in close quarters, bathe communally and have little opportunity for isolation, all while being under the same roof as another few hundred people for 24 hours, seven days a week.
The conditions are even...Arizona News
A dire jobs report last week revealed a 14.7% unemployment rate for the month of April, exacerbating the pandemics impact on the economy. Healthcare represented 7% of the country's job losses, tripling it's rate in just one month.
The healthcare industry has fluctuated since the beginning of the outbreak as optimism on vaccine...CMS Rules
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final payment notice for 2021 last week as the Trump administration finalized a string of regulatory changes to Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace. The agency's rule outlines ACA plan regulations that impact qualified health plans (QHP) for the 2021 coverage...News
Three major hospital groups penned a letter, addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, urging Congress to suspend the mandated Medicare sequester for the duration of the pandemic.
Established by the Budget Control Act in 2011, the federal sequester cuts government spending by more than $1 trillion for the 2021 fiscal year and it would...
