The nearly $2 trillion bill also includes billions for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing as well as extra subsidies to help people buy health coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces.
Micky Tripathi, who gave a keynote Thursday at the Health IT Leadership Roundtable held by consultancy Sirona Strategies, said a top priority is helping with the pandemic response.
The JAMA Network Open authors said the findings give "reassurance that current infection prevention practices in diverse healthcare settings are effective in preventing transmission" of the coronavirus from patient to provider.
President Joe Biden signed the legislation Thursday afternoon, but provider groups immediately called on Congress to pass a new bill extending the pause on Medicare sequester cuts.
The eye-popping variations demonstrate "the total insanity of American healthcare pricing," Niall Brennan, CEO of the Health Care Cost Institute, said.
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