The American Heart Association noted that the Affordable Care Act has provided “invaluable patient protections for millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions.”

Its changes include removing the long-established guidance that individuals over age 65 are at a greater danger of outcomes such as hospitalization, ICU admission or death. 

A challenge to a Trump administration rule that requires hospitals to post their prices for services online has been defeated after a U.S. judge granted a summary judgment to HHS.

After a brutal two months of significant revenue losses, hospitals saw a slight improvement in margins during May, according to the latest Flash Report from Kaufman Hall.

A recent survey of 1,000 physicians released found that nearly one-quarter reported that these utilization-management techniques have led to adverse events for their patients. 

CMS has announced the formation of the Office of the Burden Reduction and Health Informatics, an organized effort to reduce regulatory and administrative burden and part of the agency’s Patients over Paperwork initiative.

Altogether, 53 organizations are now asking lawmakers for relief from changes to evaluation and management codes set to take effect Jan. 1, 2021. 

CMS has proposed a new rule that aims to enable value-based purchasing agreements across states with drug companies to bring down Medicaid drug prices.