Hospitals charged employers and insurers 254% more than Medicare in 2022: study
Hospitals with larger market shares were among the worst offenders, the RAND Corporation found.
Hospitals with larger market shares were among the worst offenders, the RAND Corporation found.
At that time, current chief operating officer Jim Rechtin will take the reins of the health insurer, which is struggling with challenges in Medicare Advantage.
The rate hikes focus on areas where the Biden administration has sought to boost domestic production, such as medical supplies that were essential to the COVID-19 pandemic response.
Despite an “unusual” rise in inpatient volumes, executives at most of the leading for-profit health systems said they remain focused on outpatient investments.
The threat group has impacted more than 500 targets worldwide, including those in healthcare.
It’s the third lawsuit filed against MultiPlan by a health system in under a year.
When given pairs of patient histories, a large language model could identify which patient needed to be seen more urgently with 89% accuracy.
All major payers saw elevated utilization but only an unprepared few struggled with the trend, the Change Healthcare cyberattack caused minimal financial fallout and a new D-SNP rule opens the door to a Medicare growth opportunity.
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