Healthcare and doctors’ groups are unhappy with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposed cuts to physician payments in its annual fee schedule, and are calling on Congress to intervene, hoping to stave off a 3.34% cut to the fee schedule’s conversion factor – used to calculate Medicare payments to doctors.
Dr. Monica Bharel, Advanced Clinical senior public health advisor and former commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, said public-private partnerships can help organizations integrate data across different sectors to understand the root causes of illness and adjust how care is delivered.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to extend the rule allowing all suppliers under the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) to use specific MDPP COVID-19 Public Health Emergency flexibilities, including the optional virtual delivery of the MDPP set of services through distance learning.
Revenue growth at Optum during the second quarter helped fuel strong performance for owner UnitedHealth Group, according to a recent earnings call, with Optum growing 25% to $56.3 billion, and operating earnings growing 13% to $3.7 billion. That strong showing by the subsidiary helped UHG realize Q2 revenues that, at $92.9 billion, were 16% higher than the […]