Chris Anderson
Medicaid agencies from seven states have signed on to an accountable care organization collaborative effort via the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) that will help states tailor ACOs based on the unique qualities of their health systems.
Changing the method for how CMS adjusts payments to reflect regional variations in the cost of care as recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) can help ensure payment accuracy, but would do little to tackle the broader issues of access to care and care quality.
CareOne, an operator of 29 senior centers in New Jersey, announced earlier this week a collaboration with Walgreens on a program that will provide day-of-discharge medications to patients before they leave CareOne facilities and return home.
In a bid that will nearly double the number of members it serves in the Medicaid market, WellPoint Inc. today announced it will acquire managed care company Amerigroup for $92 per share or roughly $4.9 billion.
A lawsuit filed July 3 by doctors and medical groups including the Los Angeles County Medical Association and the California Medical Association accuses health insurer Aetna of systematically threatening to deny coverage to members who receive out-of-network referrals for healthcare.
A new tracking poll conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act showed that slightly more Americans approved of the decision with 47 percent voicing approval and 43 percent disapproving.
Despite a decline in the number of commercially insured children, healthcare spending on children grew at a faster rate than healthcare spending on adults from 2007 to 2010, according to a new report from the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI).
Last week's Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act provided a setback to the Obama Administration by ruling that while the federal government can expand the Medicaid program, it cannot withhold funds from states that choose not to participate in the expansion.
In a stunning blow to opponents of the Affordable Care Act, the United States Supreme Court today ruled in a 5 to 4 vote that the most reviled portion of the health reform law -- the so-called individual mandate requiring all Americans to buy health insurance or face a fine -- is constitutional, since it falls within the power of Congress to impose a tax.
The healthcare economy is expected to grow at twice the rate of the national economy between now and 2020 and will create an additional 5.6 million jobs over those eight years, according to a report released by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.