Among its many provisions, last year’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act pressed pause on the government’s 2% payment cut to all Medicare-reimbursed health care providers. The “sequestration holiday” was immediately seen as a common-sense lifeline for cash-strapped home health providers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of whom had […]
American Medical Association
There were more than 2,700 Medicare Advantage (MA) plans available for individual enrollment in 2019, an 18% bump compared to last year. The number of active MA plans is projected to increase even further in 2020, thanks to federal health care policymakers’ concerted efforts to broaden the program and address social determinants of health. Launched […]
End-of-life care discussions between patients and doctors are getting major support from the public as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) weighs its proposal to include these talks as part of practitioner billing, a new poll revealed. About eight out of 10 Americans support Medicare and private insurance coverage for advance care discussions, […]
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