When Denise Williams’ baby boy was 2 months old, she became alarmed by a rattling sound in his lungs and took him to the emergency room. While undergoing treatment, he spiraled into a disabling neurological disorder. Now 2 years old, Markeano is attached to breathing and feeding tubes. He can’t walk or move his arms. ...
House Democrats are devising a $3.5 trillion domestic policy package that includes billions of dollars in hospital infrastructure, health manpower, nursing shortages and increased insurance coverage. The House Energy and Commerce Committees, and Method and Means Committees that share jurisdiction over health spending and programs, passed their bill provisions this week in line with party ...
Hospital industry groups are pushing back against a proposal to jack up fines for health systems that don’t publish their prices, arguing that facilities are putting all their resources behind combating the COVID-19 pandemic. The groups wrote in comments to the 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule strongly opposing a proposal to apply ...
Despite a pandemic-fueled recession, the number of uninsured Americans has increased only slightly since 2018, according to Census Bureau health insurance data released Tuesday. Twenty-eight million people, or 8.6% of Americans, were uninsured for all of 2020. In 2019, 8% of people were uninsured during the full year; in 2018, it was 8.5%. During a press conference, ...
The Biden administration has suspended Medicare Advantage Part D new customer enrollment for three United Healthcare Group plans and one Anthem plan for failing to meet medical loss ratio requirements. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the suspensions in a series of enforcement notices Sept. 2. The plans are prohibited from signing ...
The U.S. will lift air travel restrictions for foreign nationals who are fully vaccinated, with the Biden administration targeting early November for foreign travel to resume for the first time in more than a year. The head of the White House’s Covid-19 Response Team, Jeff Zients, announced Monday that foreign nationals must show proof of ...