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Hospitals Lose Reimbursement for 'Unnecessary' ER Visits
Designed to curb the "overuse and abuse" of costly emergency care, Washington's hospitals will no longer receive Medicaid reimbursement for any "unnecessary" emergency room visits starting April 1, reported The Seattle Times.
In what could be the nation's most restrictive Medicaid ER policy, the program would stop payment for roughly 500 conditions, ranging from the obviously nonemergent diaper rash to the more complicated hypoglycemic coma and chest pain, the article noted.
Emergency physicians and hospitals would be left to foot the bill for treating those conditions.
Read the full story at: http://tinyurl.com/8xj3qc8
Source: FierceHealthcare
The Future of Drug Pricing: Most Favored Nation, PBMs, and Patient Access
July 11th 2025During the Reshaping Rx: Navigating 2025 Drug Pricing Policies webinar, panelists discussed the Most Favored Nation executive order, bills aimed at pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), and other drug pricing policies.
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