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Hospitals struggle clinical financial gap widens as payer-driven policies reshape care delivery and limit physician autonomy, says Mount Sinai leader.
MaineHealth, according to the statement, is examining ways to refer patients to clinics that do not participate in Medicaid or Medicare, so that gender-affirming care provided by the hospital system, consisting of puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy, could continue for those patients.
Hospitals are on the hook for another set of federal rules to help patients understand how much a procedure will cost them. But experts say the requirements are unlikely to save patients money just yet. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...
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RFK Jr. announces new rules targeting care for transgender youth
One of the new proposed rules would ban hospitals that provide gender affirming care to youth under 18 from receiving Medicaid and Medicare funds. Another proposed rule would bar Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for youth under 18 and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) from covering such care for youth under 19.