Three Arizona counties are reporting high community transmission levels of COVID-19 this week and despite the Food and Drug Administration's authorization and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) recommendation that children between 6-months and 5-years-old receive the COVID-19 vaccine, Arizona parents have been slow to...
On February 24, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it would release an additional $560 million in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments for healthcare providers who have reported losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds will be released by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and...National News
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted unanimously last Thursday to support a recommendation of no change to the physician fee schedule for 2023. Stakeholders and industry advocates immediately responded with frustration.
In 2020, Medicare paid $64.8 billion to 1.3 million clinicians, which was lower overall than...National News
The Biden administration announced last Friday that it would make available $25.5 billion in provider relief funding to offset revenue loss and higher expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Fierce Healthcare, funding will be used for reimbursing smaller providers that generally operate on thin margins and to boost...National News
The federal agency retracted the September change it made to the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting rules after being warned by hospitals and lawmakers that some providers might have to return payments.
According to a recent HHS announcement, the agency amended the reporting instructions on October 22 to allow hospitals to...
