HHS Pulled In Different Directions On Provider Relief Reporting Policies

The American Hospital Association wants HHS to fully roll back its provider relief reporting requirements to let providers use the funding to cover all lost revenue due to COVID-19 -- but a key patient advocacy group, the Center for Medicare Advocacy, says the revisions already made by HHS set a path for providers to profit from relief. After pressure from stakeholders, in October HHS already backed off its previous provider relief reporting guidance by changing the lost revenue calculation from...