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The Senate Finance Committee is currently considering a tax reform bill that eliminates the mandate and penalty for not having coverage.
Despite GOP efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, 470,000 more consumers this year have signed up during the first two weeks of open enrollment.
And that frustration could mean they fall short of payment incentive goals, SA Ignite says.
At the AMA's interim meeting over the weekend, David Barbe, MD told group members that AMA is making progress to improve the usability of EHRs, mobile devices and interoperability.
Hospitals lost nearly $40 billion treating Medicare patients in 2013, experts say.
The insurer's president tells Hartford HealthCare execs that it would send over a list of neutral mediators.
Only seven states have little to no activity around value-based payment models, a study by Change Healthcare found.
The insurance industry group says it will work with CMS in testing a demonstration for clinicians to receive APM credit for participating in financial risk-based arrangements with Medicare Advantage plans.
Healthier people would be less likely to get insurance and because of premium increases, fewer people would get coverage, the CBO says.
Florida Blue laps up enrollment attention through puppy video promoting plans.