Reimbursement
Brief examines 2015 data from Hospital Readmissions Reduction, Hospital Value-Based Purchasing, Hospital-Acquired Conditions Reduction programs.
Study also faults current Medicare model for lack of transparency, failing to consider costs of supplying equipment to beneficiaries.
Secretary Sylvia Burwell Wednesday acknowledged that the Affordable Care Act's fourth enrollment season, which begins Nov. 1, is a pivotal time.
Study found ER use among Medicaid patients in Oregon stayed high two years after people gained coverage, more patients visited doctors offices.
Medicare drug plan enrollees face 9 percent premium increase unless they switch plans during open enrollment.
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Obama administration is considering changes to how dollars are allocated in state, federal exchanges; proposed changes aren't enough, critic says.
Complaints allege plans offered by insurers are discriminatory because they don't cover drugs essential to HIV treatment.
481 participating practices served more than 376,000 Medicare beneficiaries, 2.7 million patients overall, CMS says.
Numerous Kaiser plans score high marks, while Tenet and Health Care Services plans among low scorers.