Chief Healthcare Executive February 21, 2025
Rural facilities are struggling to stay afloat and MA plans are making it harder, according to an analysis from the American Hospital Association.
Rural hospitals across the country are facing severe financial difficulties, and Medicare Advantage plans are exacerbating those challenges, according to an analysis released by the American Hospital Association.
Medicare Advantage plans are providing less in reimbursements to rural hospitals than traditional Medicare, the report stated. Rural hospitals are also seeing increased demands and headaches involving prior authorization of treatment from Medicare Advantage programs, according to the report, which was released Thursday.
Hospitals have denounced the rise in claim denials from Medicare Advantage plans. In a separate report last September, the hospital association said Medicare Advantage denials rose...
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