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Biden plan to lower Medicare eligibility age to 60 faces hostility from hospitals
“Hospitals are very aware about generous commercial rates being replaced by lower Medicare rates.”
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Trump could clean house at health agencies
Most of the president’s ire has been directed at Fauci. As far back as April, Trump retweeted a call for Fauci’s firing.
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Hospitalist Medicare payments are at risk for large cuts in 2021
Medicare has proposed changes that would create unprecedented financial hardship for hospital medicine groups.
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Supreme Court Justices seem skeptical of case to overturn ACA
It’s unlikely the Justices will issue a decision immediately. They have until the end of the term in June to rule.
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What to know as ACA heads to Supreme Court – again
There is a long list of ways this could play out.
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Biden victory: What it means for COVID, health care
Biden’s agenda includes: Ramping up the federal response to COVID-19, boosting the Affordable Care Act, creating a new “public option” to cover...
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Medicare fines half of hospitals for readmitting too many patients
A hospital will be penalized if its readmission rate is higher than expected given national trends in select categories.
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Health care workers implore OSHA for more oversight on COVID-19 safety
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COVID-19 pandemic amplifies uncertainty for immigrant hospitalists
“It feels like we are essential health care workers but non-essential immigrants,” said Dr. Patel.
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The socioeconomic revolving door of 30-day heart failure readmissions
Racial disparities in 30-day HF readmissions stem partly from variation in economic status of residential neighborhoods, regardless of hospital...