Health Care Reform

When doctors encourage informed referrals to specialists who can demonstrate lower costs and better outcomes, this can have a significant impact on VBC program costs, sometimes resulting in millions of dollars of annual savings.

Last year's "triple-demic" marked the beginning of a confluence of respiratory infections that began to fill hospitals, which is why Biden has awarded companies $1 billion to develop COVID vaccines that provide longer protection.

In an attempt by the Biden administration to help reduce sepsis-caused deaths, a specific treatment regimen must be followed for all patients with suspected sepsis, otherwise hospitals could lose funding.

This week, Sen. Bernie Sanders released a report calling on Congress and the IRS to strengthen oversight of these hospitals' tax-exempt status, however, the American Hospital Association said report is "off base."

Hospitals are marking up the prices for biologic medicines more than physician offices, particularly for "innovator biologics" that have clinically equivalent (and lower cost alternatives) on the market, says a new report.

Speakers at SIIA's recent national conference in Phoenix had a lot to say about self-funding strategies, the Gag Clause Prohibition, artificial intelligence and the fututure of employee benefits and health care.