As states tweak Medicaid programs, enrollment increases fall far short of job losses
Medicaid enrollment increases have lagged far behind unemployment increases but are still pressuring states facing a budget squeeze during the recession.
Business Group on Health’s Annual Survey: Large employers ready to take the reins on healthcare cost
Responses to the Business Group on Health's annual survey of its large employer members suggest employers are tired of waiting for providers and plans to figure out how to reduce healthcare cost.
Despite the pandemic, hospitals continue to shift toward value-based payment
Hospitals plan to continue moving to value-based payment despite obstacles to caring for patients under risk-based contracts amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commercial health plans’ value-pay response to pandemic mixed, say providers
Commercial health plans have offered providers in value-based payments some pandemic-related flexibilities but rejected some changes.
Telehealth helped chronically ill during pandemic but their access to care worsened: CDC
Many chronically ill sought telehealth care during the pandemic, even as they reported worse care access, according to a CDC survey.
Looking beyond CMS: How to accelerate the transition to value in healthcare
HFMA's Chad Mulvany summarizes a blog on actions CMS and Congress can take to transition providers to capitated and other risk-bearing payment models.
Employers pivot from value-based payment to virtual care amid the pandemic
Employer-sponsored health plans are pausing value-pay expansions in favor of adding virtual care options in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a business group survey..
Hospitals with health plans have gotten a financial boost during the pandemic
Hospitals with provider-sponsored health plans have obtained a financial cushion to offset the steep losses from the coronavirus pandemic on the provider side.
As the COVID-19 situation improves in Maryland, hospitals not immune to losses
Maryland hospitals suffered COVID-19 volume losses, but they say the state’s unique all-payer rate-setting system mitigated the situation to a degree.
Regional differences emerge in hospital volume recovery from COVID-19
Hospitals in the Mid-Atlantic have struggled the most to recover outpatient volumes as patient fears linger in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.