The solutions rural America needs aren’t just about expanding broadband or insurance coverage, both of which are critical to extend telehealth and health care access. Rural health care will have to transform to survive and then thrive.
Favoritism some vaccine providers give to their customers must end, La. health officials warn Health officials in Louisiana warned healthcare providers not to prioritize their own patients when distributing vaccines. (Source: WBRC) By Kevin Foster | January 19, 2021 at 1:58 PM CST - Updated January 27 at 1:26 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Health officials in Louisiana warned healthcare providers not to prioritize their own patients when distributing vaccines.
Dr. Joe Kanter with the state’s health department said in a memo sent to providers Tuesday that preferential access to vaccinations must “immediately cease,” under threat of “adverse action.”
Health department spokesperson Aly Neel told the Associated Press financial penalties, limits on future vaccine allocations, and legal action are among the potential penalties distributors could face.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Year-end COVID-19 relief legislation approved by Congress established Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) as a new Medicare provider type effective January 1, 2023. REHs, defined as providers that furnish certain outpatient hospital services in rural areas, including emergency department services, will be reimbursed at a rate higher than the otherwise-applicable payment under the Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). REHs will be subject to enrollment requirements and must comply with conditions of participation to be set forth in more detail by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in future rulemaking and guidance.
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Under current Medicare program rules, there is no provider category under which Medicare payment is available for a provider that provides only emergency department services or hospital outpatient services. Only entities defined by Medicare as “hospitals” can receive payment for eme
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