Senate
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Will Congress support bipartisan proposal to restore health insurance subsidies Trump ended?
The proposed legislation seeks to provide funding for subsidies to insurance companies to support lower-income Americans and more flexibility for states without doing away with core Obamacare provisions. It drew a mixed response from Republicans.
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A new bill wants to incentivize psychiatrists, hospitals to adopt EHR for mental health patients
It would authorize Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center to give incentive payments to behavioral health care providers to adopt EHRs.
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Senate fails to pass “Skinny Repeal” in GOP’s Jenga-style approach to dismantling ACA
Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) who flew to Washington, DC after being diagnosed with brain cancer, sided with Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Democrats to reject the bill. His no vote took the Senate by surprise.
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Lacking the votes, Senate Majority Leader pulls healthcare bill
Without McCain, and with at least two senators opposed to the current bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t have the 50 votes he needs to move the measure.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
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What will be the ripple effect of taking insurance away from millions on the insured?
Hospitals in sparsely populated areas, particularly in states that did not opt to expand the Medicaid program, have been cutting back services like maternity care or closing altogether in recent years.
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Senate Republicans revise healthcare bill but will they have the votes?
CBO is expected to offer its score of the bill next week, but some Senate Republicans on Thursday said that rather than wait for that, they might ask the Department of Health and Human Services to do it instead with the hope of producing more favorable numbers.