Hospitals blast ‘unacceptable’ inpatient payment bump
Despite the 3.2% overall hike, the AHA argued that net payments to hospitals may decrease due to cuts in other areas, including uncompensated care.
Surprise billing arbitration portal opens to payers, providers after delay
As a last resort, the No Surprises Act allows payers and providers to resolve payment disputes using arbitration. The online site that initiates the process is now open.
End of Medicaid continuous coverage may leave millions of kids uninsured: study
Children are at highest risk in Texas, Florida and Georgia when states resume checking Medicare eligibility after the public health emergency expires, Georgetown University researchers found.
Bright Health exits 6 states amid financial, operational woes
Bright, which went public in June last year, wants to refocus on growth in markets where it can have a bigger impact. The seven-year-old startup lost almost $1.2 billion in 2021.
How health system leaders are navigating ongoing staffing shortages: survey
More than 90% of health system leaders have increased compensation to recruit and retain staff, while 81% said they are still filling gaps with agency labor, per a new Advis report.
Physician pay is climbing, after early-pandemic slump
Doctors’ financial compensation increased in the past year, resuming a longer-term trend, but gender and racial and ethnic pay disparities persist.
Pear’s VR product for postoperative pain granted FDA STeP designation
The agency’s designation under the Safer Technologies Program for medical devices could expedite regulatory review for the virtual reality-based digital therapeutic, one of several products in Pear’s pipeline.
UnitedHealth expects to ‘successfully overcome’ DOJ challenge to Change acquisition
The company is bullish on completing its controversial acquisition of data analytics firm Change Healthcare, despite legal action from the Department of Justice to block the deal.
Global digital health funding reaches six-quarter low, at $10.4B
Even as the pandemic continues, digital health funding slowed significantly in the first quarter of 2022, according to new data from CB Insights.
Community health centers facing acute workforce loss
A majority of health centers reported they lost up to a fourth of their workforce in the past six months alone, according to a new survey from the National Association of Community Health Centers.