Due to significantly increased workloads, state health officials will now have 12 months instead of six after the PHE ends to complete pending verifications, redeterminations and renewals.
Also Tuesday, Molina reported its subsidiary nabbed a Medicaid contract win in Nevada, its first in the state.
Currently, new facilities help pay for their capital costs through a special exemption. An HHS watchdog says Medicare could see significant cost savings if regulators did away with the carveout.
Rich Fisher’s promotion comes weeks after the insurer reported a $535 million quarterly loss but a 25% growth in its Medicare business.
An appeals court on Friday reversed a 2018 decision that overturned Medicare’s overpayment rule that required insurers to refund reimbursement to CMS within 60 days if they learn a diagnosis lacks medical record support.
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Along with “guarded optimism” on the current state of the pandemic, some 19,000 on-site attendees in Las Vegas mulled what’s next for AI, telehealth, cybersecurity, mental health and more.
Data released Wednesday finds 7% of healthcare executives said they believe AI and machine learning are the top priority for the future, while 7% called them a “distraction.”
A CDC advisory panel is expected to vote on Friday to recommend the additional dose, after which certain people with weakened immune systems can receive a third shot of Pfizer’s or Moderna’s vaccine.